Incomplete, but Real

Epistemology and Philosophy of Science 41 (3):72-81 (2014)
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Various theories of referent are critically but briefly surveyed from the perspective of structural realism; a constructivist version of structural realist account of referent is outlined, and its implications for history of science and for descriptive metaphysics are briefly indicated.

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10.5840/eps201441352

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