%A Dr. Afsar Abbas
%T An " Instrumentalism to Realism " Hypothesis
%X 
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.

%D 2005
%K realism, antirealism, instrumentalism
%L cogprints4618

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