Philosophy Scientific Realism Questions
Entity realism is a view within scientific realism that asserts the existence of unobservable entities or entities that are not directly perceptible. According to entity realism, scientific theories should be understood as providing accurate descriptions of these unobservable entities and their properties. This view holds that these entities exist independently of our observations and that scientific theories are successful in capturing their nature and behavior. In other words, entity realism emphasizes the ontological commitment to the existence of unobservable entities and their role in scientific explanations.