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work_5zzo5fw2tfhajgxstw3sdm6j3u	Dana Tulodziecki	Against Selective Realism(s)	2017	14	.pdf	application/pdf	7913	3101	90	The pessimistic meta-induction (PMI) targets the realist's claim that a theory's (approximate) truth is the best explanation for its success. such a case – that of the 19th century zymotic theory of disease, predecessor elements of the theory were responsible for its successes, by providing derivations of its predictions and the theoretical posits involved in making these The zymotic theory was highly successful with respect to a number of phenomena. Thus, the zymotic theory had successes on both explanatory and predictive first, there now are cases of successful theories that did make novel predictions Here, the zymotic theory predicts, (i) first, that air quality ought to seen, without decomposition, the predictions of the zymotic theory disapWhat is clear is that the zymotic theory made use-novel predictions, such as those about air quality, and Farr's the ones responsible for the zymotic theory's novel predictions, and miasma certainly did	./cache/work_5zzo5fw2tfhajgxstw3sdm6j3u.pdf	./txt/work_5zzo5fw2tfhajgxstw3sdm6j3u.txt