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Discussion: An Addendum to Demopoulos and Friedman (1985)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Graham Solomon
Graham Solomon*
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Department of Philosophy, The University of Western Ontario
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Abstract

M. H. A. Newman (1928) criticized Russell's structuralist philosophy of science. Demopoulos and Friedman have discussed Newman's critique, showing its relevance to the structuralist positions held by Schlick and Carnap, and to Putnam's argument against “metaphysical realism”. I discuss Richard Braithwaite's (1940) appeal to Newman in a critique of Arthur Eddington. Braithwaite believed Newman had shown that “structure depends upon content”. Eddington, in his reply, misunderstood the generality of Newman's argument.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 497 - 501
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Copyright © 1989 The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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My thanks to William Demopoulos and Wilfrid Hodges, for their generosity with informative criticism, and encouragement.

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