Predictive success, partial truth and Duhemian realism.

According to a defense of scientific realism known as the 'divide et impera move', mature scientific theories enjoying predictive success are partially true. This paper investigates a paradigmatic historical case: the prediction, based on Fresnel's wave theory of light, that a bright spot should fig...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 194; no. 9; pp. 3245 - 3266
Main Author:	Leconte, Gauvain
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2017
Subjects:	Success Truth Realism Wave theory of light Prediction models Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie, 1861-1916
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost