The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
Category Archive: 1922
An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.
As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action.
They say eyes clear with age.
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn’t have anything to do with it.
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton’s gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
He was a great thundering paradox of a man.