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Imre Lakatos
Hungarian
Philosopher
Born:
Nov 9
,
1922
Died:
Feb 2
,
1974
Before
Positive
Power
Research
Science
Theory
Related authors:
Albert Camus
Aristotle
Confucius
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lao Tzu
Plato
Socrates
Sun Tzu
If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
Imre Lakatos
Truth
Faith
Science
Power
Energy
Way
Must
Lies
Vocal
More
Supporters
Judging
Sciences
Social
Then
Theory
Social Sciences
Even
Number
Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
Imre Lakatos
Commitment
Crime
Virtue
Blind
Intellectual
Theory
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
Imre Lakatos
Example
Research
Possibly
Classical
Most
Newton
Successful
Theory
Ever
Gravitational
Programme
Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.
Imre Lakatos
Experiment
Relation
Indeed
Between
Naive
Sharply
Theory
Differs
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Imre Lakatos
Positive
Negative
Research
Programmes
Characterized
Besides
Also
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
Imre Lakatos
Clash
About
Point
Mere
Between
Epistemology
Technical
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