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Scientific Structuralism (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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Scientific Structuralism (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 281
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Recently there has been a revival of interest in structuralist
approaches to science. Taking their lead from scientific
structuralists such as Henri Poincare, Ernst Cassirer, and Bertrand
Russell, some contemporary philosophers and scientists have argued
that the most fruitful approach to solving many problems in the
philosophy of science lies in focusing on the structural features
of our scientific theories. Much of the work in scientific
structuralism to date has been focused on the problem of scientific
realism, where it has been argued that even in cases of radical
theory change the most important structural features of predecessor
theories are preserved. These structural realists argue that what
our most successful theories get right about the world is these
abstract structural features, rather than any particular
ontological claims. More recently, philosophers of science have
adopted structuralist approaches to many other issues in the
philosophy of science, such as scientific explanation and
intertheory relations. The nine articles collected in this volume,
written by the leading researchers in scientific structuralism,
represent some of the most important directions of research in this
field. This book will be of particular interest to those
philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians who are interested in
the foundations of science.
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