Full Idea
Usually structuralism and nominalism are considered rivals. But structuralism can also be the first step in a strategy of nominalist reconstrual or paraphrase.
Gist of Idea
Structuralism and nominalism are normally rivals, but might work together
Source
JP Burgess / G Rosen (A Subject with No Object [1997], II.C.0)
Book Reference
Burgess,J/Rosen,G: 'A Subject with No Object' [OUP 1997], p.147
A Reaction
Hellman and later Chihara seem to be the main proponents of nominalist structuralism. My sympathies lie with this strategy. Are there objects at the nodes of the structure, or is the structure itself platonic? Mill offers a route.