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The physical world as a blob: Is OSR really realism?

Steven French: The Structure of the World: Metaphysics and Representation. Oxford: OUP, 2014, 416pp, ₤50.00 HB

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The author thanks Elena Castellani, Angelo Cei and Matteo Morganti for their critical comments on a previous draft.

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Dorato, M. The physical world as a blob: Is OSR really realism?. Metascience 25, 173–181 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-015-0031-z

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