Disentangling scientific realism from anti-exceptionalism

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Main Authors: Arenhart, Jonas R. B., Arroyo, Raoni, Melo, Ederson Safra
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Published: 2025
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author Arenhart, Jonas R. B.
Arroyo, Raoni
Melo, Ederson Safra
author_facet Arenhart, Jonas R. B.
Arroyo, Raoni
Melo, Ederson Safra
contents 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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spellingShingle Disentangling scientific realism from anti-exceptionalism
Arenhart, Jonas R. B.
Arroyo, Raoni
Melo, Ederson Safra
History and Philosophy of Physics
Quantum Physics
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.
title Disentangling scientific realism from anti-exceptionalism
topic History and Philosophy of Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04479