Can van Fraassen's anti-realism give an account of novel predictions of unexpected phenomena?

摘要

In this paper it will be addressed the possibility of an account of novel predictions ofudunexpected phenomena by physical theories within van Fraassen's anti-realism. Inudparticular it will be considered two important cases in modern physics, the prediction ofudthe bending of light in Einstein's theory of gravity, and the prediction of antimatter inudquantum electrodynamics. It will be defended that van Fraassen's anti-realism does notudseem to enable an account of novel predictions.