@article{167f2f2a148b4a5185afefb31e90ab25,
title = "Scientific progress without increasing verisimilitude : in response to Niiniluoto",
abstract = "First, I argue that scientific progress is possible in the absence of increasing verisimilitude in science's theories. Second, I argue that increasing theoretical verisimilitude is not the central, or primary, dimension of scientific progress. Third, I defend my previous argument that unjustified changes in scientific belief may be progressive. Fourth, I illustrate how false beliefs can promote scientific progress in ways that cannot be explicated by appeal to verisimilitude.",
keywords = "Instrumentalism, Niiniluoto, Scientific change, Scientific progress, Scientific realism, Verisimilitude",
author = "ROWBOTTOM, {Darrell Patrick}",
year = "2015",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.01.003",
language = "English",
volume = "51",
pages = "100--104",
journal = "Studies in History and Philosophy of Science",
issn = "0039-3681",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}