The Problem of the Unit of Selection and the Ontic Structural Realist's Solution

Subject Areas : Philosophy

ابوتراب یغمایی ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2011-11-17 Accepted : 2012-11-25 Published : 2012-03-20

Keywords: Ontic Structural Realism-Unit ,

Abstract :

The variety of answers to the unit of selection problem threatensscientific realism both methodologically and ontologically. In thisarticle, I argue that the account developed by Elizabeth Lloyd justsolves the problem from methodological point of view and leaves theontological side unsolved. I will show that getting rid of mereologicalmetaphysics and replacing it with ontic structural realism solve theproblem ontologically.