Arabatzis, Theodore (2018) Engaging philosophically with the history of science: two challenges for scientific realism. Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 9 (1). pp. 35-37. ISSN 1913-0465
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I raise two challenges for scientific realists. The first is a pessimistic meta-induction (PMI), but not of the more common type, which focuses on rejected theories and abandoned entities. Rather, the PMI I have in mind departs from conceptual change, which is ubiquitous in science. Scientific concepts change over time, often to a degree that is difficult to square with the stability of their referents, a sine qua non for realists. The second challenge is to make sense of successful scientific practice that was centered on entities that have turned out to be fictitious
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