Saatsi, J orcid.org/0000-0002-8440-8761 (2022) (In)effective realism? European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 12 (2). 30. ISSN 1879-4912
Abstract
Matthias Egg (2021) argues that scientific realism can be reconciled with quantum mechanics and its foundational underdetermination by focusing realist commitments on ‘effective’ ontology. I argue in general terms that Egg’s effective realism is ontologically overly promiscuous. I illustrate the issue in relation to both Newtonian mechanics and quantum mechanics.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Scientific realism, Effective ontology, Matthias Egg, Quantum mechanics |
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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: | 13 Jan 2022 17:58 |
Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2023 07:07 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s13194-021-00441-x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:182468 |