Structuralism, Empiricism, and Newman's Objection

Newman’s objection can be used to argue that structuralism fails to specify a unique structure for the unobservable world, and hence, one can argue, it is ultimately a trivial task to determine the structure that the world ultimately has. Provided there are enough objects, any structure can be made...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Otávio Bueno, Thomas Meier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2019-04-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/61571