My task in this paper is to defend the legitimacy of historicist philosophy of science, defined as the phi-losophic study of science that takes seriously case studies drawn from the practice of science. Historicist philosophy of science suffers from what I call the `evidence problem'. The worry is that case studies cannot qualify as rigorous evidence for the adjudication of philosophic theories. I explore the reasons why one might deny to historical cases a probative value, then reply to these reasons on behalf of historicism. The main proponents of the view I am criticizing are Pitt (2001) and Rasmussen (2001).
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