Taking models seriously and being a linguistic realist

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.Comment: To appear in Principia, vol. 26, n. 1, 2022: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/inde