Philo Sciences
Philosophie
de la physique
A structural realisme developed by
Michael Esfeld
We reproduce below an interesting project of Michael Esfeld (2010) in
philosophy of physics. It seem, this is consistent with a moderate
holism.
"Structural realism is a form of holism in the philosophy of physics,
claiming that in the domain of fundamental physics, there are in the
first place certain structures in the sense of networks of concrete
physical relations instead of intrinsic properties. We develop a
conception of moderate ontological structural realism that recognizes
objects as that what stands in the relations, but those objects are
characterized only by the relations in which they stand. We apply this
conception to quantum physics and to space-time. We currently
investigate whether and in what sense these structures can be
considered to be causal".