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    Une ontologie structurale est-elle possible ?
    Dissertation, Sorbonne Université. 2026.
    (English) This paper addresses the fundamental aporia of Ontic Structural Realism (OSR): if physical objects have no intrinsic properties independent of their relations, what individuates the relata that instantiate those relations ? After surveying three standard responses - substantial relata, relation-without-relata, and purely positional relata - and showing that each leads respectively to a contradiction with OSR, the paper argues that the impasse is categorical rather than technical. Draw…Read more
  • Une ontologie structurale est-elle possible ?
    Dissertation, Sorbonne Université. 2026.
    (English) This paper addresses the fundamental aporia of Ontic Structural Realism (OSR): if physical objects have no intrinsic properties independent of their relations, what individuates the relata that instantiate those relations ? After surveying three standard responses - substantial relata, relation-without-relata, and purely positional relata - and showing that each leads respectively to a contradiction with OSR, the paper argues that the impasse is categorical rather than technical. Draw…Read more