Scientific Realism & Anti-Realism: New Directions - Mini-Workshop 05.12.2025

This workshop brings together philosophers of diverse backgrounds reflecting on the current state of the realism-debate. It will address selective realist approaches to theories in fundamental physics and cosmology, new vistas on induction and confirmation in the context of scientific realism, global perspectives on the realism/anti-realism debate from feminist epistemology, the viability of classic arguments from holism in the face of selectivist approaches, and the subtle status of structuralist approaches to the philosophy of science between realism and anti-realism.

For more information, please visit: https://fjboge.wordpress.com/upcoming/scientific-realism-anti-realism-new-directions/

Program:

09:00 – 09:15 Opening

09:15 – 10:00 Mahdi Khalili, Bern University: Entity Realism and Black Holes

10:00-10:15 Coffee

10:15 – 11:00 Ludwig Fahrbach, University of Colgne: tba.

11:00 – 11:45 John Dougherty, MCMP Munich: Effective and selective realisms

11:45-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:45 Jasmin Trächtler, TU Dortmund University: tba.

13:45-14:30 Florian J. Boge, TU Dortmund University: Rethinking Holism and Underdetermination

14:30-14:45 Coffee

14:45-15:30 Johannes Mierau, TU Dortmund University: tba.

Registration:

In-person participation is free, but space limited, so please register by sending an email to fjboge@gmail.com, with “Realism Registration” as subject line and your name as content.

Online participation is possible via https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/meetings/98283357292/invitations?signature=t8WA9Yq56sFfIvdxe-6cwzMdB_BVqdyzin2MPHMGe0g