Realism on the rocks: Novel success and James Hutton's theory of the earth

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 67:1-13 (2018)
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A confutation of convergent realism.Larry Laudan - 1981 - Philosophy of Science 48 (1):19-49.

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