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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fís. E]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3542</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35422018000100016</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Electrones y huecos: perspectivas en torno al debate sobre el realismo científico]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Tecnológico de Monterrey  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mty N.L.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>64</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>16</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35422018000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35422018000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35422018000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El par electrón-hueco que surge de la teoría de semiconductores presenta un reto al usarlo como caso histórico para abordar el debate en torno al realismo científico. En este artículo presentamos y defendemos nuestra posición sobre el estatus de ese par de partículas, atendiendo a la paradoja que presentan como entidades similares desde su descripción teórica, pero profundamente diferentes desde su estatus ontológico. Para esto nos aproximamos al problema desde la perspectiva de un realismo moderado sustentado en un realismo estructural y auxiliado por conceptos en torno a la emergencia de propiedades y a la acción y puesta en operación de las entidades teóricas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The electron-hole pair that arises from the theory of semiconductors presents a challenge when using it as an historical case to address the debate on scientific realism. In this paper we present and defend our position on the status of that pair of particles, attending the paradox they present as similar entities from its theoretical description, but profoundly different from its ontological status. For this, we approach the problem from the perspective of a moderate realism sustained by a structural realism and aided by concepts about the emergence of properties and the action and operationalization of theoretical entities.]]></p></abstract>
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