Thomas Kuhn and Imre Lakatos - Imre Lakatos
11 important questions on Thomas Kuhn and Imre Lakatos - Imre Lakatos
What was Lakatos's work called?
Which problem is Lakatos trying to overcome?
What was his main criticism of Kuhn and Popper?
Popper: naive falsificationism, immunizations happen all the time. This can still help scientific progress>
Kuhn: Paradigm shifts are irrational revolutions
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What is Sophisticated falsification?
- Assumptions in the hard core should not and cannot be falsified
- Immunization can improve progress by adjusting assumptions in the protective beld
When is a theory falsified?
A theory X is falsified only another theory Y has been proposed with the following characteristics?
1. Y predicts noval facts
2. Y explains the previous success of X (Not refused content of X is included in Y)
3. Some of the excess content of Y is corroborated
How does Lakatos look at empirical content?
How does Lakatos define the two kinds of progress to assess a series of theories?
A scientific research program is characterized by a sequence of theories
1. Theoretical progressive: each new theory predicts some novelty facts (more empirical content)
2. Empirical progressive: each new theory leads to the actual discovery of some new facts (better corroborated)
3. Degenerating: no progress
What is a crucial feature of Lakatos's falsificationism?
What is a scientific research program?
It is a cluster of interconnected theories derived from a common core
vb: neoclassical economics
hard core: markets converge to an equilibrium
protective belt: markets have multiple equilibria
What is a Hard Core?
Hard core: the purely metaphysical beliefs that unite the protagonists of a scientific research program. It is surrounded by the "protective belt" of testable theories. This protective belt consists of things that can be adjusted/ re-adjusted or even completely replaced. But you cannot attack te hard core
What is Lakatos's definition of paradigm shift?
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