PHIL1071 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Imre Lakatos
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Notes - 2/20/17 psychoanalysis has a bit more legitimacy than was given credit in the last account periodic table -> scienti c in the way that scientists use it but it isn"t a theory. Popper says it doesn"t matter what we think set themselves not logically validated once and for all, have an idea of what it means for a theory to be a theory. Kuhn thinks science is determined psychologically matter of logic and structure of discovery. Kuhn -> puzzles problems to be solved under a theory trust falsi ability as puzzles that have to be solved qualifying statement that solves the theory is a refusal to accept the falsi ability of the phenomenon. Lakatos -> novel predictions a theory needs to make unexpected statements explain something not previously anticipated by a previous theory. Lakatos sets out to describe a scienti c research theory the most essential aspect of his theory is the aspect of novel facts.
