Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Philosophy of science without history of science is empty history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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 pow...
Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.
What, then, is the hallmark of science? Do we have to capitulate and agree that a scientific revolution is just an irrational change in commitment, that it is a religious conversion? Tom Kuhn, a dist...