?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+%22+Instrumentalism+to+Realism+%22+Hypothesis&rft.creator=Abbas%2C+Dr.+Afsar&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=%0AIt+is+proposed+here+that+all+successful+and+complete+theories+always+proceed+through+an+intermediate+stage+of+instrumentalism+to+the+final+stage+of+realism.+Examples+from+history+of+science+(+both+classical+and+modern+)+in+support+of+this+hypothesis+are+presented.%0A&rft.date=2005-11&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4618%2F1%2Fpsi2r.pdf&rft.identifier=++Abbas%2C+Dr.+Afsar++(2005)+An+%22+Instrumentalism+to+Realism+%22+Hypothesis.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4618%2F