Addresses the question of whether positrons (etc.) are real or just conventions that make the mathematics work out by saying "if you can spray them, they are real" (from *Representing and Intervening*).
Associated with Ian Hacking.
Entity RealismAddresses the question of whether positrons (etc.) are real or just conventions that make the mathematics work out by saying "if you can spray them, they are real" (from *Representing and Intervening*).
Associated with Ian Hacking.