Structural realism and Ramsey-sentence

Abstract

The article concerns the issue if a Ramsey-sentence of a theory can convey it’s structure. The question is considered in the scope of structural realism which is currently one of the most popular versions of realistic doctrines. The author analyses attempts of philosophers who adopt Ramsey-sentence realism to answer M.Newman’s argument which states that Ramsey-sentence of a theory can provide only trivial knowledge about theoretical entities of this theory. The author comes to the conclusion that no version of Ramsey-sentence realism can suggest an appropriate answer to Newman’s objection.