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Scientific understanding: no veritism without realism, no realism without veritism Martín Villuendas, Mariano This work has been funded by the Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León (Spain) and the European Social Fund. Scientific understanding constitutes one of the most firmly settled topics in the philosophy of general science. The most accepted approach within the debate has been the so-called “factivism of understanding.” Here, I show analytically how the latter is articulated through the acceptance of two interrelated theses: an epistemological—veritism—and an ontological one—realism. Recently, a group of authors challenged this line of thought by dissociating ontological and epistemological commitments. I examine these proposals, elucidating to what extent they fail in their attempt to formulate a consistent account of scientific understanding. I argue that if one wants to articulate an account committed to a truth-centered epistemology, one should adopt a realist stance; if one wants to formulate a realist account of scientific understanding, one should subscribe to a truth-centered epistemology. 2026-02-24T11:24:14Z 2026-02-24T11:24:14Z 2025 journal article Martín-Villuendas, M. Scientific Understanding: No Veritism Without Realism, No Realism Without Veritism. Acta Anal (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-025-00643-5 0353-5150 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133025 1874-6349 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-025-00643-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12136-025-00643-5 https://produccioncientifica.ucm.es/documentos/698ae3869e41074a91302dc1 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Attribution 4.0 International Springer Nature