@article {10944,
title = {
Engaging Philosophically with the History of Science: Two Challenges for Scientific Realism.
},
journal = {Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science},
volume = {9},
year = {2018},
pages = {35-37},
abstract = {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.},
url = {http://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/SpontaneousGenerations/article/view/27095},
author = {Arabatzis, T.}
}