French, S (2018) Between Factualism and Substantialism: Structuralism as a Third Way. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 26 (5). pp. 701-721. ISSN 0967-2559
Abstract
According to the substantialist, substances should be regarded as the fundamental ontological category. This has been subjected to criticism, recently and notably by Buonomo and Cumpa, drawing on aspects of modern physics. In this vein, I argue that reflection upon the Standard Model of elementary particle physics also undermines the substantialist position. However this does not necessarily clear the way for the factualist. Focussing on Dasgupta’s ‘generalism’ I suggest that although we are not compelled to adopt this stance, it does open the door to the structuralist position that might be viewed as a ‘third way’ between substantialism and factualism.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Journal of Philosophical Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Factualism, substantialism, structuralism, quantum physics, symmetry |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 13:53 |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2020 00:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09672559.2018.1542275 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139981 |