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Open access Aug 2026

Ontological Breakthroughs and Individuation of Phenomena in the Natural and Human Sciences

A characteristic form of progress in the natural sciences consists in replacing one theory of a domain with another that posits a radically different ontology. I call such episodes “ontological breakthroughs”. They are possible because many natural phenomena can be individuated and re-identified through empirical proce...

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