A proposal for a metaphysics of self-subsisting structures. I. Classical physics.
We present a new metaphysical framework for physics that is conceptually clear, ontologically parsimonious, and empirically adequate. This framework relies on the notion of self-subsisting structure, that is, a set of fundamental physical elements whose individuation and behavior are described in pu...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 200; no. 5; pp. 1 - 26 |
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