Contra Cartwright: Structural realism, ontological pluralism and fundamentalism about laws

DOI10.1007/S11229-004-5406-4zbMath1102.81010OpenAlexW2089627152MaRDI QIDQ857681

Dan Mcarthur

Publication date: 20 December 2006

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-004-5406-4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81Txx)

Cites Work

• Structural realism and the interpretation of quantum field theory
• Appendix: Ontological relativity and fundamentality -- is QFT the fundamental theory?
• Remodelling structural realism: quantum physics and the metaphysics of structure
• The dissolution of objects: between platonism and phenomenalism
• The renormalisation group and effective field theories.

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