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In this paper, we aim to achieve a double goal. First, we intend to relate Thomasson’s artifactualism to her deflationary approach to ontology. Then, we seek to explore the artifactualist option in detail as a serious way to understand scientific theories and models, and specifically the intentional direct referents of their terms: mathematical, theoretical and observational. Our proposal involves understanding the ontological commitment of science in a very peculiar way that is inspired in Carnap’s distinction between external and internal questions (Carnap, 1950b), as well as in both Thomasson’s easy approach to ontology (Thomasson, 2015) and her notion of an abstract artifact (Thomasson, 1999).

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A Deflationary Artifactualist Approach to the Ontology of Science

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    2025年

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  • Xavier de Donato-Rodríguez,
  • José L. Falguera

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In this paper, we aim to achieve a double goal. First, we intend to relate Thomasson’s artifactualism to her deflationary approach to ontology. Then, we seek to explore the artifactualist option in detail as a serious way to understand scientific theories and models, and specifically the intentional direct referents of their terms: mathematical, theoretical and observational. Our proposal involves understanding the ontological commitment of science in a very peculiar way that is inspired in Carnap’s distinction between external and internal questions (Carnap, 1950b), as well as in both Thomasson’s easy approach to ontology (Thomasson, 2015) and her notion of an abstract artifact (Thomasson, 1999).