Disentangling scientific realism from anti-exceptionalism
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.04479,
title = {Disentangling scientific realism from anti-exceptionalism},
author = {Jonas R. B. Arenhart and Raoni Arroyo and Ederson Safra Melo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.04479},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
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