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542 / #365papers: James Ladyman (2011), 'Structural realism versus standard scientific realism: the case of phlogiston and dephlogisticated air', Synthese 180. https://t.co/HqN7qHXVX6
542 / #365papers: James Ladyman (2011), 'Structural realism versus standard scientific realism: the case of phlogiston and dephlogisticated air', Synthese 180. https://t.co/HqN7qHXVX6
Ladyman, J. (2011). Structural realism versus standard scientific realism: The case of phlogiston and dephlogisticated air. Synthese. https://t.co/jVuHcrWk6z
@RHHassall @AnneCooke14 Whether "phlogiston" referred is subject to controversy: https://t.co/jZOVujZLVK I think the same is true of modern diagnostic terms.