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355Grounds and Structural RealismSymposion. Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences 4 (1): 97-106. 2017.Bianca-Alexandra Savu ABSTRACT: This article discusses the proposal of accommodating grounding theories and structural realism, with the aim to provide a metaphysical framework for structural realism. Ontic structural realism, one of the most accepted metaphysical versions for structural realism, is taken into account here, with the intention of analyzing the framework in which...
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2A Sketch of the Notion of Decline in August Comte. Common Points with the Corresponding Brentanian NotionAnalele Universitatii Din Craiova, Seria Filosofie 1 (43): 46-67. 2019.Auguste Comte’s theory on the development of the human spirit is interpreted as supporting a vision of linear, crescent movement, directed to achieve a positive stage. Given this, the interpretations in the literature are focused, mainly, on the notion of progress. In this paper, I discuss the notion of decline, the counterpart of the preferred notion, which I consider to be essential for the above-stated pursuit of the human spirit. This notion has received less attention than the positive one …Read more
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4Comte and Brentano: Elements for a Theory of DeclineIn Ion Tanasescu & Constantin Stoenescu (eds.), Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill, De Gruyter. pp. 139-164. 2022.Auguste Comte’s theory of the development of the human spirit is interpreted as supporting a vision of linear, ascending movement, aiming at a positive stage. Given this, the exegesis is focused, mainly, on the notion of progress. In this paper, I discuss the notion of decline, the counterpart of the preferred notion, which I consider to be essential for the above-stated pursuit of the human spirit. This notion has received less attention than the positive one of progress, and my goal here is to…Read more
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187Reanalyzing Chisholm Paradox. Structural InsightsRomanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy 8 (2): 51-63. 2014.In this paper I focus on the conditions that have to be met for Chisholm’s Paradox (CP) to occur. My claim is that identity and structure are notions closely related to each other. I propose a discussion in which the minimal framework for CP is set, then analyze the paradox in terms of S5, and suggest that in order to capture the core of the paradox one should use a dynamic valuation function for the model. Identity appears, at this point, to be dependent upon a structuralist point of view
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