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(2010) Epsa epistemology and methodology of science, Dordrecht, Springer.

Whence ontological structural realism?

Juha Saatsi

pp. 255-265

I scrutinize (a) the alleged dichotomy between epistemic and ontological forms of structural realism, and (b) the considerations used to motivate the ontic variety over the epistemic. I argue that there's nothing in the traditional realism debate that calls for ontological structural realism.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3263-8_22

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Saatsi, J. (2010)., Whence ontological structural realism?, in M. Surez, M. Dorato & M. Rédei (eds.), Epsa epistemology and methodology of science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 255-265.

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