Lakatos on Dogmatic Falsificationism
Sfetcu, Nicolae (2019). “Lakatos on Dogmatic Falsificationism”, in Telework, URL = https://www.telework.ro/en/lakatos-on-dogmatic-falsificationism/ Abstract Dogmatic (naturalist) falsificationism accepts the falsifiability of all scientific theories without qualification but preserves an infallible empirical basis. He is strictly empiric without being inductivist: he … Read More
Imre Lakatos, The methodology of scientific research programmes – An Overview
The methodology of scientific research programmes is a collection of papers published over time expressing a radical review of Popper’s demarcation criterion between science and non-science, leading to a new theory of scientific rationality. Volume I address aspects of the … Read More
Philosophical Essays
Challenge your mind and reshape your perspective on science and philosophy.
Lakatos on justificationism
According to the scientific “justificationist” method, knowledge consisted of proven sentences. Classical intellectuals (or “rationalists,” in the narrow sense of the term) have accepted extremely varied – and powerful “proofs“, through revelation, intellectual intuition, experience. These, with the help of … Read More
Epistemology of experimental gravity – Scientific rationality
Explore the depths of gravitational theory and its evolution, framed through the groundbreaking methodology of Imre Lakatos.