HANS VAIHINGER, SCIENTIFIC FICTIONS AND THE PERPETUALLY UNFINISHED REPRESENTATIONAL PERFECTING

Abstract

The main direction of the text is to support the idea of fictionalism proposed by Hans Vaihinger (1852-1933) as a horizon of possible epistemic meaning that does not need to resort to ultimate metaphysical postulates, starting from a non-foundationalism. "Horizon of possible epistemic meaning" aims to express a resolution of the impasse arising from a nihilistic ontology-epistemology through a fictionalist prism. The aim is to support the idea of Vaihingerian fictionalism as enabling a perpetual improvement of representational models, this expression is intended to convey the idea that, through the fictionalist axis, reality is interpreted as a bearer of endless meanings, where new and greater horizons of meaning are always possible.