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Imre Lakatos Quotes: "The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies."

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime."

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.




Imre Lakatos Quotes: "No experimental result can ever kill a theory: any theory can be saved from counterinstances either by some auxiliary hypothesis or by a suitable reinterpretation of its terms."

No experimental result can ever kill a theory: any theory can be saved from counterinstances either by some auxiliary hypothesis or by a suitable reinterpretation of its terms.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief."

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief.




Imre Lakatos Quotes: "The proving power of the intellect or the senses was questioned by the skeptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into confusion by the glory of Newtonian physics."

The proving power of the intellect or the senses was questioned by the skeptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into confusion by the glory of Newtonian physics.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind."

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory."

There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.




Imre Lakatos Quotes: "In degenerating programmes, however, theories are fabricated only in order to accommodate known facts"

In degenerating programmes, however, theories are fabricated only in order to accommodate known facts



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime."

Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism."

Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Man's respect for knowledge is one of his most peculiar characteristics. Knowledge in Latin is scientia, and science came to be the name of the most respectable kind of knowledge."

Man's respect for knowledge is one of his most peculiar characteristics. Knowledge in Latin is scientia, and science came to be the name of the most respectable kind of knowledge.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "It is not that we propose a theory and Nature may shout NO; rather, we propose a maze of theories, and Nature may shout INCONSISTENT."

It is not that we propose a theory and Nature may shout NO; rather, we propose a maze of theories, and Nature may shout INCONSISTENT.




Imre Lakatos Quotes: "That sometimes clear ... and sometimes vague stuff ... which is ... mathematics."

That sometimes clear ... and sometimes vague stuff ... which is ... mathematics.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge."

Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever."

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.



Imre Lakatos Quotes: "Philosophy of science without history of science is empty history of science without philosophy of science is blind."

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty history of science without philosophy of science is blind.