It Is Not That We

Research Programmes, Besides Their Negative Heuristic, Are Also Characterized By Their Positive Heuristic.

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.

In Degenerating Programmes, However, Theories Are Fabricated Only In Order To Accommodate Known Facts

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

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