In this study I argue that Husserl’s phenomenology is compatible with a realistic interpretation of scientific theories. That said, I distinguish between the realistic interpretation of scientific theories and scientific realism. The former holds that the theoretical terms of a scientific theory are intended to refer, and that if we have good reason to believe that a scientific theory is true then we also have good reason to believe the entities it refers to exist. Scientific realism holds that the world as described by the physical sciences not only exists, it is the only world that exists—the world of everyday perceptual experience must be demoted to the status of a mere appearance. My case for the compatibility of Husserl’s phenomenology with a realistic interpretation of scientific theories is based on a distinction between scientific laws and scientific theories. I hold that Husserl’s instrumentalism, if one can call it that, is restricted to an interpretation of scientific laws; accordingly, his anti-realism is directed against the reification of ideal objects constructed in the course of the exact mathematical representation of scientific laws, not against the theoretical entities postulated in the explanation of those laws. At the end of the study I seek to allay the fear that if one adopts a realistic interpretation of scientific theories one is thereby committed to some version of scientific realism.

在这项研究中，我认为胡塞尔的现象学与对科学理论的现实解释是相容的。也就是说，我区分了科学理论的现实解释和科学现实主义。前者认为科学理论的理论术语旨在指代，如果我们有充分的理由相信科学理论是正确的，那么我们也有充分的理由相信它所指的实体存在。科学实在论认为，物理科学所描述的世界不仅存在，而且是唯一存在的世界——日常感性体验的世界必须降格为表象。我认为胡塞尔的现象学与科学理论的现实解释相兼容的理由是基于科学定律和科学理论之间的区别。我认为胡塞尔的工具主义，如果可以这样称呼的话，仅限于对科学定律的解释；因此，他的反实在论是针对在科学定律的精确数学表示过程中构建的理想对象的具体化，而不是针对在解释这些定律时假设的理论实体。在研究结束时，我试图消除一种恐惧，即如果一个人对科学理论采取现实的解释，那么就会致力于某种版本的科学现实主义。仅限于对科学定律的解释；因此，他的反实在论是针对在科学定律的精确数学表示过程中构建的理想对象的具体化，而不是针对在解释这些定律时假设的理论实体。在研究结束时，我试图消除一种恐惧，即如果一个人对科学理论采取现实的解释，那么就会致力于某种版本的科学现实主义。仅限于对科学定律的解释；因此，他的反实在论是针对在科学定律的精确数学表示过程中构建的理想对象的具体化，而不是针对在解释这些定律时假设的理论实体。在研究结束时，我试图消除一种恐惧，即如果一个人对科学理论采取现实的解释，那么就会致力于某种版本的科学现实主义。