• Three Tales of Scientific Success Massimi, Michela 2016 Philosophy of Science , Vol. 83 , Issue 5 , S. 757 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 0031-8248 | 1539-767X Abstract

    Success-to-truth inferences have been the realist stronghold for a long time. Scientific success is the parameter by which realists claim to discern approximately true theories from false ones. But scientific success needs to be probed a bit deeper. In this article, I tell three tales of scientific success, by considering in turn success from nowhere, success from here now, and success from within. I argue for a suitable version of success from within that can do justice to the historically situated nature of our scientific knowledge. The outcome is a new way of thinking about success-to-truth inferences along perspectivalist lines.

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