Abstract Localism is the view that the unit of evaluation in the scientific realism debate is a single scientific discipline, sub-discipline, or claim, whereas individualism is the view that the unit of evaluation is a single scientific theory. Localism is compatible, while individualism is not, with a local pessimistic induction and a local selective induction. Asay presents several arguments to support localism and undercut globalism, according to which the unit of evaluation is the set of all scientific disciplines. I argue that some of his arguments clash with localism as well as with globalism and support individualism, and that individualism goes hand in hand, while localism does not, with the basic rule of how to evaluate an argument.

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科学现实主义辩论的地方主义与个人主义

摘要地方主义认为科学现实主义辩论中的评价单位是单一的科学学科，子学科或主张，而个人主义则认为评价单位是单一的科学理论。局部主义与局部悲观归纳和局部选择性归纳是相容的，而个人主义则不然。Asay提出了支持局部主义和削弱全球主义的几种论据，根据这些论据，评估单位是所有科学学科的集合。我认为，他的某些论点与地方主义以及全球化和支持个人主义冲突，个人主义与如何评估论点的基本规则齐头并进，而地方主义则没有。