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work_vkjcwqfndzevrfbva2i5ad7tmm	Axel Gelfert	Manipulative success and the unreal	2003	20	.pdf	application/pdf	10719	530	55	While the phenomena associated with quasi-particles pass the entity realist's argue, subverts the entity realist's criterion of manipulative success in a novel way, by Quasi-particles are no proper kinds of entities at all—they are merely collective The success in using electrons and positrons, thereby manipulating the behaviour of the sphere, should, according to Hacking, suffice to convince us of Entities have the role of truth-makers—not for theories, but for judgements concerning the success of acts of interfering in other parts of nature. The criterion of manipulative success appeals to a causal theory of reference to bridge against his conviction that manipulative success, rather than any explanatory or theoretical desideratum, is the criterion for the reality of entities. appealing to a level of theory that goes beyond the entity realist's home truths. For "manipulation" to be a success term, entities must be truth-makers for positive the entity realist's criterion of manipulative success, they should therefore be considered	./cache/work_vkjcwqfndzevrfbva2i5ad7tmm.pdf	./txt/work_vkjcwqfndzevrfbva2i5ad7tmm.txt