Full Idea
The choice among theories in science may be a choice to accept in some sense falling far short of endorsement as true.
Gist of Idea
We accept many scientific theories without endorsing them as true
Source
Bas C. van Fraassen (The Empirical Stance [2002], 1.5)
Book Reference
Fraassen,Bas van: 'The Empirical Stance' [Yale 2002], p.14
A Reaction
When put like this, it is hard to deny the force of Van Fraassen's reservations about science. Lots of people, including me, use scientific theories as working assumptions for life, with nothing like full confidence in their truth.