  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.
