Hawley asserts that the "anti-realist argument asserts that there are plenty of theories in the history of science which were empirically successful, but which posited the existence of entities in which we no longer believe. The aim is to undermine the realist claim that empirical success is a reliable symptom of theoretical truth."

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Hawley is stating the argument of the anti-realists, which is that there are theories in science that were successful but posited the existence of entities that we no longer believe in. This undermines the realist claim that empirical success indicates theoretical truth.

Hawley Asserts That the "Anti-Realist Argument Asserts That There Are