TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints4618
UR  - http://cogprints.org/4618/
A1  - Abbas, Dr. Afsar
TI  - An " Instrumentalism to Realism " Hypothesis
Y1  - 2005/11//
N2  - 
It 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.

AV  - public
KW  - realism
KW  -  antirealism
KW  -  instrumentalism
ER  -

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