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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: 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.

Imre Lakatos quotes: Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

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: 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: 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: The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.

The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.

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

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

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: 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.