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The history of science presents many examples of hypotheses and theories that were either rejected or ignored at the time of their initial publication, but which later—sometimes much later—come to be widely accepted and, especially, were seen to be true.1
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Goodman, K. (1994). Anticipations of Progress: Historical Evidence for a Realist Epistemology. In: Prawitz, D., Westerståhl, D. (eds) Logic and Philosophy of Science in Uppsala. Synthese Library, vol 236. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8311-4_17
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