Two species of realism

Raja Galián, Vicente; Sanches de Oliveira, Guilherme

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Two species of realism

dc.contributor.author	Raja Galián, Vicente
dc.contributor.author	Sanches de Oliveira, Guilherme
dc.contributor.department	Filosofía
dc.date.accessioned	2026-02-23T11:36:02Z
dc.date.available	2026-02-23T11:36:02Z
dc.date.copyright	© The Author(s) 2024
dc.date.issued	2024-07-26
dc.description.abstract	Different species of realism have been proposed in the scientific and philosophical literature. Two of these species are direct realism and causal pattern realism. Direct realism is a form of perceptual realism proposed by ecological psychologists within cognitive science. Causal pattern realism has been proposed within the philosophy of model-based science. Both species are able to accommodate some of the main tenets and motivations of instrumentalism. The main aim of this paper is to explore the conceptual moves that make both direct realism and causal pattern realism tenable realist positions able to accommodate an instrumentalist stance. Such conceptual moves are (i) the rejection of veritism and (ii) the re-structuring of the phenomena of interest. We will then show that these conceptual moves are instances of the ones of a common realist genus we name pragmatist realism.
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dc.identifier.citation	Raja, V., & Sanches de Oliveira G. (2024). Two Species of Realism. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. http://www.doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00596-3
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00596-3
dc.identifier.eissn	1879-4920
dc.identifier.issn	1879-4912
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/210421
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation	Vicente Raja was supported by a “Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación” Fellowship (Grant# IJC2020-044829-I) funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/ 501,100,011,033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR, and by the grant PID2021-127294NA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR. Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature.
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dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International
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dc.subject	Philosophy of science
dc.subject	Philosophy of cognitive science
dc.subject	Realism
dc.subject	Instrumentalism
dc.subject	Direct realism
dc.subject	Causal patterns
dc.subject.ods	No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
dc.title	Two species of realism
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