The structure of the world metaphysics and representation /

French, Steven

The structure of the world metaphysics and representation / [Texte imprimé] : Steven French - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014 - 1 vol. (394 p.) ; 24 cm

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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.--

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Science--Philosophy Structuralism Realism

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