@misc{cogprints4618,
month = {November},
title = {An " Instrumentalism to Realism " Hypothesis},
author = {Dr. Afsar Abbas},
year = {2005},
keywords = {realism, antirealism, instrumentalism},
url = {http://cogprints.org/4618/},
abstract = {
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.
}
}