Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
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Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes is a seminal philosophical work by Imre Lakatos that refines Karl Popper’s falsificationism by introducing the concept of competing scientific research programmes and criteria for their progressive or degenerative development.
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| The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes | 2 |
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Target entity: Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes Context triple: [Imre Lakatos, notableWork, Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes]
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.
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Conjectures and Refutations
Conjectures and Refutations is a major philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of scientific knowledge through the ideas of falsifiability, critical testing, and the growth of knowledge via bold hypotheses and their refutation.
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Aspects of Scientific Explanation
Aspects of Scientific Explanation is a seminal work in the philosophy of science that systematically analyzes the structure and logic of scientific explanations, especially through the deductive-nomological model.
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The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper in which he defends the rational character of scientific progress against relativistic and historicist interpretations of theory change.
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E.
Philosophy of Science: A Systematic Account
"Philosophy of Science: A Systematic Account" is a foundational work in analytic philosophy that systematically examines the logical structure, methods, and conceptual foundations of the natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes Target entity description: Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes is a seminal philosophical work by Imre Lakatos that refines Karl Popper’s falsificationism by introducing the concept of competing scientific research programmes and criteria for their progressive or degenerative development.
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A.
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.
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B.
Conjectures and Refutations
Conjectures and Refutations is a major philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of scientific knowledge through the ideas of falsifiability, critical testing, and the growth of knowledge via bold hypotheses and their refutation.
-
C.
Aspects of Scientific Explanation
Aspects of Scientific Explanation is a seminal work in the philosophy of science that systematically analyzes the structure and logic of scientific explanations, especially through the deductive-nomological model.
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D.
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions
The Rationality of Scientific Revolutions is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper in which he defends the rational character of scientific progress against relativistic and historicist interpretations of theory change.
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E.
Philosophy of Science: A Systematic Account
"Philosophy of Science: A Systematic Account" is a foundational work in analytic philosophy that systematically examines the logical structure, methods, and conceptual foundations of the natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
essay
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
naive falsificationism
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simple verificationism ⓘ |
| author | Imre Lakatos ⓘ |
| contributedTo | methodology of scientific research programmes ⓘ |
| critiques | Kuhn’s notion of incommensurability ⓘ |
| editorOfContainingVolume |
Alan Musgrave
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Imre Lakatos ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
competition between research programmes
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long-term appraisal of scientific theories ⓘ theoretical and empirical progress as standards of appraisal ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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history of science ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
methodology of economics
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methodology of mathematics ⓘ philosophy of scientific practice ⓘ sociology of scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Popper
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Thomas Kuhn ⓘ logical empiricism ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
degenerating research programme
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hard core of a research programme ⓘ negative heuristic ⓘ positive heuristic ⓘ progressive research programme ⓘ protective belt of auxiliary hypotheses ⓘ scientific research programme ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn | collections on philosophy of science ⓘ |
| isWidelyRegardedAs | seminal work in philosophy of science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
demarcation problem
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falsificationism ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ scientific methodology ⓘ scientific research programmes ⓘ theory change in science ⓘ |
| offersAlternativeTo | Kuhn’s paradigm concept ⓘ |
| partOf | Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge ⓘ |
| proposesCriterion |
degeneration of a research programme
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progressiveness of a research programme ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| refinesConcept | Popperian falsificationism ⓘ |
| supportsView |
falsification is theory-laden
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historical case studies are essential for methodology of science ⓘ scientific rationality is comparative between programmes ⓘ theories are appraised as parts of research programmes ⓘ |
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The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
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Imre Lakatos
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Imre Lakatos
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The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes