In this paper, by suggesting a formal representation of science based on recent advances in logic-based Artificial Intelligence, we show how three serious concerns around the realisation of traditional scientific realism (the theory/observation distinction, over-determination of theories by data, and theory revision) can be overcome such that traditional realism is given a new guise as \u2018naturalised\u2019. We contend that such issues can be dealt with (in the context of scientific realism) by developing a formal representation of sci- ence based on the application of the following tools Knowledge Representa- tion: the family of knowledge representation languages known as Description Logics, an enrichment of classical logics via defeasible statements, and an ap- plication of the preferential interpretation of the approach to Belief Revision
