Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept

Autores
Tau, Ramiro
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
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Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
The notion of structure is found to be used in a great number of theories, scientific research programs and world views. However, its uses and definitions are as diverse as the objects of the scientific disciplines where it can be found. Without trying to recreate the structuralist aspiration from the mid XX century, which believed to have found in this notion a common transdisciplinary language, I discuss a specific aspect of this concept that could be considered a constant in different perspectives. This aspect refers to the location of the notions of structure as boundaries in the different scientific theories. With this, I try to argue that the definition or presentation of a structure configures in itself the frontier for scientific knowledge, defining at the same time implied ontological assumptions. In order to discuss this hypothesis, and taking into consideration the double origin of contemporary notions of structure –the mathematical and linguistic line–, I revise several theoretical perspectives which made explicit the relation between structures and knowledge, and their relation with the real: the arguments on physical knowledge by Eddington, structural anthropology, structural linguistics, Lacanian psychoanalysis and Piaget’s genetic psychology.
Facultad de Psicología
Materia
Psicología
Structure
Historical roots of structuralism
Scientific knowledge
Ontology
Naïve realism
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title Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
spellingShingle Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
Tau, Ramiro
Psicología
Structure
Historical roots of structuralism
Scientific knowledge
Ontology
Naïve realism
title_short Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
title_full Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
title_fullStr Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
title_full_unstemmed Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
title_sort Between Physics and Metaphysics: Structure as a Boundary Concept
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tau, Ramiro
author Tau, Ramiro
author_facet Tau, Ramiro
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psicología
Structure
Historical roots of structuralism
Scientific knowledge
Ontology
Naïve realism
topic Psicología
Structure
Historical roots of structuralism
Scientific knowledge
Ontology
Naïve realism
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The notion of structure is found to be used in a great number of theories, scientific research programs and world views. However, its uses and definitions are as diverse as the objects of the scientific disciplines where it can be found. Without trying to recreate the structuralist aspiration from the mid XX century, which believed to have found in this notion a common transdisciplinary language, I discuss a specific aspect of this concept that could be considered a constant in different perspectives. This aspect refers to the location of the notions of structure as boundaries in the different scientific theories. With this, I try to argue that the definition or presentation of a structure configures in itself the frontier for scientific knowledge, defining at the same time implied ontological assumptions. In order to discuss this hypothesis, and taking into consideration the double origin of contemporary notions of structure –the mathematical and linguistic line–, I revise several theoretical perspectives which made explicit the relation between structures and knowledge, and their relation with the real: the arguments on physical knowledge by Eddington, structural anthropology, structural linguistics, Lacanian psychoanalysis and Piaget’s genetic psychology.
Facultad de Psicología
description The notion of structure is found to be used in a great number of theories, scientific research programs and world views. However, its uses and definitions are as diverse as the objects of the scientific disciplines where it can be found. Without trying to recreate the structuralist aspiration from the mid XX century, which believed to have found in this notion a common transdisciplinary language, I discuss a specific aspect of this concept that could be considered a constant in different perspectives. This aspect refers to the location of the notions of structure as boundaries in the different scientific theories. With this, I try to argue that the definition or presentation of a structure configures in itself the frontier for scientific knowledge, defining at the same time implied ontological assumptions. In order to discuss this hypothesis, and taking into consideration the double origin of contemporary notions of structure –the mathematical and linguistic line–, I revise several theoretical perspectives which made explicit the relation between structures and knowledge, and their relation with the real: the arguments on physical knowledge by Eddington, structural anthropology, structural linguistics, Lacanian psychoanalysis and Piaget’s genetic psychology.
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