Berghofer, Philipp (2026) Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism. [Preprint]

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What is the nature of science, what are its fundamental lessons about the nature of reality, and what is its relationship to subjectivity? This chapter provides an overview of the contemporary scientific realism debate and assesses how phenomenological ideas bear on it. It discusses the relationship between phenomenology and the individual sciences and explores the implications of phenomenological teachings concerning the horizonal structure of experience, the epistemic status of the life-world, and the mathematization of nature for our understanding of science. The author contrasts phenomenological approaches to science with objectivism, addressing how modern physics can be interpreted as supporting the former over the latter.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Berghofer, Philipp philipp.berghofer@uni-graz.at 0000-0002-9044-0637
Keywords:	scientific realism; unobservable entities; entity realism; perspectivism; phenomenology; horizon; life-world; mathematization
Subjects:	General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Dr. Philipp Berghofer
Date Deposited:	08 Mar 2026 01:27
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2026 01:27
Item ID:	28471
Subjects:	General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	2026
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28471

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