Methodology Of Scientific Research Programmes Research Articles

Towards a Theory of Mathematical Research Programmes (II)

The main aim of the methodology of scientific research programmes (henceforth MSRP) is to set out clear, general desiderata for distinguishing between progressive and degenerating science which are in accord (more or less) with the informed, intuitive assessments scientists make in particular cases.1 In this paper I want to consider whether a modified form of that methodology can perform the same function with respect to mathematics. Mathematicians generally have an intuitive feeling for what constitutes

Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge.

Preface Note on the third impression 1. Logic of discovery of psychology of research? T. S. Kuhn 2. Against 'Normal Science' J. W. N. Watkins 3. Does the distinction between normal and revolutionary science hold water? S. E. Toulmin 4. Normal science, scientific revolutions and the history of science L. Pearce Williams 5. Normal science and its dangers K. R. Popper 6. The nature of a paradigm Margaret Masterman 7. Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes I. Lakatos 8. Consolations for the specialist P. K. Feyerabend 9. Reflections on my critics T. S. Kuhn Index.

Methodological appraisal and heuristic advice: Problems in the methodology of scientific research programmes

Methodological appraisal and heuristic advice: Problems in the methodology of scientific research programmes

Imre Lakatos and Musgrave Alan (eds.). Criticism and the growth of knowledge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. 282 pp. np.

Preface Note on the third impression 1. Logic of discovery of psychology of research? T. S. Kuhn 2. Against 'Normal Science' J. W. N. Watkins 3. Does the distinction between normal and revolutionary science hold water? S. E. Toulmin 4. Normal science, scientific revolutions and the history of science L. Pearce Williams 5. Normal science and its dangers K. R. Popper 6. The nature of a paradigm Margaret Masterman 7. Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes I. Lakatos 8. Consolations for the specialist P. K. Feyerabend 9. Reflections on my critics T. S. Kuhn Index.

II—Criticism and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes

II—Criticism and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes