The Structure of the World

Author	: Steven French
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 413
Release	: 2014
ISBN-10	: 9780199684847
ISBN-13	: 0199684847
Rating	: 4/5 (847 Downloads)

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Download or read book The Structure of the World written by Steven French and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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