@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.} }