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 -