<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arabatzis, T.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">What are scientific concepts?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">K. McCain and K. Kampourakis (eds.), What is Scientific Knowledge? An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology of Science</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.routledge.com/What-is-Scientific-Knowledge-An-Introduction-to-Contemporary-Epistemology/McCain-Kampourakis/p/book/9781138570153</style></url></web-urls></urls><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1st</style></edition><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Routledge</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New York</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">85-99</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In this article I discuss the nature and function of scientific concepts, what it&lt;br&gt;takes to possess them, how they can be represented, and how they can be studied&lt;br&gt;by examining the uses of the scientific terms associated with them. I then examine&lt;br&gt;the epistemological issues that arise when considering conceptual change.&lt;br&gt;Furthermore, I draw a distinction between concepts referring to manifest entities&lt;br&gt;(accessible to observation) and concepts referring to hidden entities (temporarily&lt;br&gt;or permanently unobservable). I argue that the function of scientific concepts is&lt;br&gt;different in the two cases. In the former case, their function is primarily classificatory;&lt;br&gt;whereas in the latter case, their function is primarily explanatory. Finally,&lt;br&gt;I suggest that the epistemological problems generated by the evolution of scientific&lt;br&gt;concepts are more severe in the latter case than in the former.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>