Roberts, Bryan W. (2011) Group structural realism. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 62 (1). pp. 47-69. ISSN 1464-3537
Abstract
We present a precise form of structural realism, called group structural realism, which identifies ‘structure’ in quantum theory with symmetry groups. However, working out the details of this view actually illuminates a major problem for structural realism; namely, a structure can itself have structure. This article argues that, once a precise characterization of structure is given, the ‘metaphysical hierarchy’ on which group structural realism rests is overly extravagant and ultimately unmotivated.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://bjps.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Oxford University Press |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2013 15:39 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/54086/ |
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