tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post5332812841309718234..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-77669756460219899052014-03-05T14:35:44.871-07:002014-03-05T14:35:44.871-07:00Obligate trolling Lakatos quote:
"nobody to ...Obligate trolling Lakatos quote:<br /><br />"nobody to date has yet found a demarcation criterion according to which Darwin can be described as scientific"<br /><br />--Imre lakotos in 1973<br /><br />(In reply, I'd say that nobody to date has found a demarcation criterion according to which any theory about events in the past can be described as scientific.)<br /><br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533263841520213358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-2586625506061254852014-03-02T04:45:33.613-07:002014-03-02T04:45:33.613-07:00Kuhn is essential reading. Popper's model of s...Kuhn is essential reading. Popper's model of science is a good start but ultimately too simple.<br /><br />More radical still than Thomas Kuhn is Paul Feyerabend's <i>Against Method</i>.<br /><br />My own views are probably closer to those of Imre Lakatos.Steve Lovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707435716956109694noreply@blogger.com