Taking models seriously and being a linguistic realist

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Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology 26 (1):73-94 (2022)
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Carnap's conception of linguistic frameworks is widespread; however, it is not entirely clear nor consensual to pinpoint what is the influence of 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.

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Raoni Arroyo
University of Campinas
Gilson Olegario
University of Campinas (PhD)

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The metaphysics within physics.Tim Maudlin - 2007 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic.Rudolf Carnap - 1947 - Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press.
Reason, Truth and History.Hilary Putnam - 1981 - New York: Cambridge University Press.

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