Taking models seriously and being a linguistic realist
History and Philosophy of Physics
2022-06-10 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Carnap's conception of linguistic frameworks is widespread; however, it is not entirely clear nor consensual to pinpoint what is the influence in his stance within the traditional realist/anti-realist debate. In this paper, we place Carnap as a proponent of a scientific realist stance, by presenting what he called "linguistic realism". Some possible criticisms are considered, and a case study is offered with wave function realism, a popular position in the philosophy of quantum mechanics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.03774,
title = {Taking models seriously and being a linguistic realist},
author = {Raoni Wohnrath Arroyo and Gilson Olegario da Silva},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.03774},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
To appear in Principia, vol. 26, n. 1, 2022: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/index