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| Structuralism: Structuralism in philosophy is an approach that analyzes phenomena by examining their underlying structures and organizing principles. It emphasizes the relationships and interdependencies between elements rather than their individual qualities, aiming to uncover fundamental patterns and principles. Structuralists believe that these structures can be found in all aspects of human experience, from language to culture to society. See also F. de Saussure, Cl. Lévi-Strauss, M. Foucault._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gerhard Schurz on Structuralism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 187 Structuralist philosophy of science/structuralism/Schurz: Structuralism rejects the foundation requirement and instead takes a coherentist position, according to which the terms of the basal theories of a theory network are all theoretical in nature, since there are no more pre-theories to explain them. SchurzVs: This is circular. I 188 Structuralism: thesis: because all observation is theory-laden, there are no "genuinely empirical" concepts. >Theory-ladenness, >Theoretical terms, >Theories, >Foundation, >Concepts/Schurz._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18