[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# A conversation with Derek Cabrera about DSRP Ontology

## Details

**Authors** Mossé

**Year** 2025

**Publisher** benjamin-mosse.com (personal essay and published correspondence)

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Philosophy

**Kind of engagement** reach

[Read it](https://www.benjamin-mosse.com/2025/12/23/a-conversation-with-derek-cabrera-about-dsrp-ontology.html)

## In authors' words

### What they found (results)

Concludes DSRP functions as a grammar of intelligibility rather than a generative causal theory — accepting its descriptive utility while questioning whether universality alone confers ontological status, and asking for cases where DSRP rules a model out.

## Commentary

### In short

Argues with DSRP's ontological claims, publishing a full email exchange with Derek Cabrera to lay out agreements and disagreements about what the theory establishes.

**Patterns it shows** D, R, P

**Added** 2026-09-06

**How to cite this** Mossé (2025). A conversation with Derek Cabrera about DSRP Ontology. benjamin-mosse.com (personal essay and published correspondence).