Imre Lakatos Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism. – Imre Lakatos Differs Quotes Epistemological Quotes Experiment Quotes Falsificationism Quotes Naive Quotes Relation Quotes Sharply Quotes Theory Quotes 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. 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.
AgeAldous HuxleyHistory The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. – Aldous Huxley
Lisa Randall If you keep telling girls they’re less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it. – Lisa Randall
Elizabeth Kostova I think it’s important to recognise that ‘The Da Vinci Code’ opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested in historical detective stories and research into history. – Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Wurtzel I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn’t one I’ll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it’s worth it. – Elizabeth Wurtzel
Erika Christensen There are photos of me with my Pony trucker hat, sideways. Truly, awesomely, horrible. – Erika Christensen
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