263 ZAGADNIENIA NAUKOZNAWSTWA 4 (202), 2014 PL ISSN 0044 – 1619 Maria J. Frápolli Department of Philosophy I University of Granada (Spain) No Miracles 1 What does it mean that science seeks the truth? Abstract. The purpose of the following pages is to show that the rejection of Metaphysical Correspondentism doesn’t force us to reject Default Correspondentism and that the rejection of Metaphysical Realism doesn’t force us to reject Default Realism. As a consequence, we aim to disentangle the analysis of the (standard, robust, ordi- nary but also scientific) notion of truth from the debate between realism and anti-realism. The independence of the analysis of notions such as knowledge and assertion from the metaphysical debate follows too. Keywords: scientific truth, metaphysical correspondentism, default correspondentism, realism, anti-realism No Miracles What does it mean that science seeks the truth? Abstrakt. Słowa kluczowe: prawda naukowa, metafizyczny korespondentyzm, domyślny korespondentyzm, realizm, anty-realizm 1. Naturalism As animals in natural surroundings, we engage in causal and intentional relations with a wide range of middle-sized physical objects. And we cannot do otherwise. Believing in the external world is not a conscious decision, but the default position. The external world constrains our beliefs, which thus have to be approximately true at least in their main lines. This kind of confidence in our ordinary methods of knowledge acquisition is a core assumption of pragmatist approaches, an example of which is Wittgenstein’s view in On Certainty: 1 My colleagues Juan Acero, Martin Andor, and Manuel de Pinedo have read versions of this paper and made insightful suggestions. I am particularly grateful to Nelly Gentile for her comments, criticisms, and clari- fications through many email exchanges. Gentile has always made accurate, informed, and thought-provoking comments. To all of them I am deeply indebted. I am also grateful to the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España, (project FFI2010-15704), and the Consejería de Innovación de la Junta de Andalucía (project HUM-04099), that have supported this work.