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Imre Lakatos
Imre Lakatos
Hungarian Philosopher
Born: Nov 9, 1922
Died: Feb 2, 1974
Before Positive Power Research Science Theory
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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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