"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies."

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"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies."

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"Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind."

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"It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached."

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"Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic."

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"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."

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"Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge."

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