The structure of the world : metaphysics and representation Steven French.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 394 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199684847; 0199684847Subject(s): Science -- Philosophy | Structuralism | Realism | Realism | Science -- Philosophy | Structuralism | Filosofie | Structuralisme | Realisme (filosofie) | ScienceDDC classification: 501 LOC classification: Q175 | .F827 2014Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information Summary: Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that there are no objects in the world. He draws on metaphysics and philosophy of science to argue for structural realism - the position that we live in a world of structures - and defends a form of eliminativism about objects that sets laws and symmetry principles at the heart of ontology.-- Source other than Library of Congress.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-383) and index.
Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that there are no objects in the world. He draws on metaphysics and philosophy of science to argue for structural realism - the position that we live in a world of structures - and defends a form of eliminativism about objects that sets laws and symmetry principles at the heart of ontology.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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