creators_name: Saatsi, Juha
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2010-03-30
lastmod: 2010-10-07 15:19:22
metadata_visibility: show
title: Scientific Realism and Historical Evidence: Shortcomings of the Current State of Debate 
subjects: realism-anti-realism
full_text_status: public
keywords: Miracles argument; Kirchhoff; Pessimistic induction
abstract: This paper discusses three shortcomings of the current state of the debate regarding historical evidence against scientific realism. Attending to these issues will direct the debate away from over-generalising wholesale arguments. 
date: 2010
date_type: published
citation: Saatsi, Juha (2010) Scientific Realism and Historical Evidence: Shortcomings of the Current State of Debate. In: [2009] EPSA09: 2nd Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (Amsterdam, 21-24 October, 2009) > EPSA 2009 Contributed Papers <http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/view/confandvol/EPSA2009ContribPapers.html>.
document_url: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5230/1/EPSA09_Saatsi.pdf