We report the results of a study that investigated the views of researchers working in seven scientific disciplines and in history and philosophy of science in regard to four hypothesized dimensions of scientific realism. Among other things, we found (i) that natural scientists tended to express more strongly realist views than social scientists, (ii) that history and philosophy of science scholars tended to express more antirealist views than natural scientists, (iii) that van Fraassen’s characterization of scientific realism failed to cluster with more standard characterizations, and (iv) that those who endorsed the pessimistic induction were no more or less likely to endorse antirealism.

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野外科学实在论：七门科学和 HPS 的实证研究

我们报告了一项研究的结果，该研究调查了在七个科学学科以及科学史和科学哲学领域工作的研究人员对科学现实主义的四个假设维度的看法。除其他外，我们发现 (i) 自然科学家比社会科学家更倾向于表达更强烈的现实主义观点，(ii) 科学史和科学哲学学者比自然科学家更倾向于表达反现实主义观点，(iii) van Fraassen 的描述科学实在论未能与更标准的特征集中在一起，并且 (iv) 那些赞同悲观归纳的人或多或少都不太可能赞同反实在论。