Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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One may rationally stick to a degenerating research programme until it is overtaken by a rival and even after. What one must not do is to deny its poor public record... It is perfectly rational to play a risky game: what is irrational is to deceive oneself about the risk.

Imre Lakatos's Popular 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 confu…

- Imre Lakatos

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

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

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

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No experimental result can ever kill a theory: any theory can be saved from counterinstances either by some auxiliary hypothesis or by a suitable rei…

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

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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.

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

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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 eve…

- Imre Lakatos