Mathematics Does Not Grow Through A Monotonous

The Positive Heuristic Of The Programme Saves The Scientist From Becoming Confused By The Ocean Of Anomalies.

No Experimental Result Can Ever Kill A Theory: Any Theory Can Be Saved From Counterinstances Either By Some Auxiliary Hypothesis Or By A Suitable Reinterpretation Of Its Terms.

If Even In Science There Is No A Way Of Judging A Theory But By Assessing The Number, Faith And Vocal Energy Of Its Supporters, Then This Must Be Even More So In The Social Sciences: Truth Lies In Power.

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.