Structuralism and information

Otávio Bueno

doi:10.1002/9781444396836.ch8

Structuralism and information

Philosophy

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Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Putting Information First
Subtitle of host publication	Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	116-130
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9781444338676
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444396836.ch8
State	Published - Apr 27 2011

Keywords

Central to a philosophical account of science - emphasizing structures
Floridi, arguing that once levels of abstraction are taken - no room for a position, ontological commitments being weaker
High informational content - not enough to guarantee realism
Informational structural realism - significant proposal, information and structure, being right
Luciano floridi, an insightful - and sophisticated version of realism about structures
Metaphysics - structuralism and information
Newtonian system, gravity - as a force, and mass not depending on velocity
Partial information and partial structures
Partial structures, structural objects - and informational structuralism
Relationship between partial structures - articulated in a given domain

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities(all)

Cite this

Bueno, O. (2011). Structuralism and information. In Putting Information First: Luciano Floridi and the Philosophy of Information (pp. 116-130). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444396836.ch8

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