Arenhart, Jonas R. B. and Arroyo, Raoni and Safra Melo, Ederson (2025) Disentangling scientific realism from anti-exceptionalism. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Scientific realism is, currently, one of the most well-entrenched background assumptions of some relevant versions of anti-exceptionalism about logic. We argue that this is a sort of sociological contingency rather than a metaphilosophical necessity. Drawing parallels with the metaphysics of science (as applied to quantum foundations), we try to bring the realist assumptions of anti-exceptionalism to light, to demotivate the necessary connection between realism and anti-exceptionalism, briefly exploring the possibility of adopting antirealism as the background default view of science instead.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Arenhart, Jonas R. B. jonas.becker2@gmail.cpm 0000-0001-8570-7336 Arroyo, Raoni rwarroyo@unicamp.br 0000-0002-3800-8505 Safra Melo, Ederson ederson.safra@ufma.br 0000-0003-1706-1128
Additional Information:	Invited contribution to appear in S Molick, ed. (forthcoming) Demarcating Logic and Science: Exploring New Frontiers. Springer. Submitted: November 27, 2023; Accepted: August 4, 2024.
Keywords:	Anti-exceptionalism about logic, Logical epistemology, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of logic, Realism and antirealism
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Dr. Raoni Arroyo
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2025 21:44
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2025 21:44
Item ID:	25898
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25898

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