In Degenerating Programmes, However, Theories Are Fabricated

The Great Scientific Achievements Are Research Programmes Which Can Be Evaluated In Terms Of Progressive And Degenerative Problemshifts; And Scientific Revolutions Consist Of One Research Programme Superceding (overtaking In Progress) Another. This Methodology Offers A New Rational Reconstruction Of Science.

Indeed, This Epistemological Theory Of The Relation Between Theory And Experiment Differs Sharply From The Epistemological Theory Of Naive Falsificationism.

There Is No Falsification Before The Emergence Of A Better Theory.

The Classical Example Of A Successful Research Programme Is Newton's Gravitational Theory: Possibly The Most Successful Research Programme Ever.

Belief May Be A Regrettably Unavoidable Biological Weakness To Be Kept Under The Control Of Criticism: But Commitment Is For Popper An Outright Crime.