Kant's empirical realism and scientific realism: a critical analysis of Hanna's interpretation of Kant

Abstract

This paper is concerned with Robert Hanna's Kantian solution to the Two Images Problem and his defense of Kant's supposed manifest realism. My aim is to offer an alternative solution that I consider, on the one hand, more coherent with Kant's transcendental idealism, and, on the other, better fitted to the context of physical contemporary science. By contrast to Hanna's account, I argue that Kant is the most radical representative of an antirealist position in the philosophy of science that allows us to overcome the impasses and limitations of empiricist anti-realism and the whole range of variations of realistic perspectives.