Research Programmes, Besides Their Negative Heuristic, Are

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.

The Proving Power Of The Intellect Or The Senses Was Questioned By The Skeptics More Than Two Thousand Years Ago; But They Were Browbeaten Into Confusion By The Glory Of Newtonian Physics.

Mathematics Does Not Grow Through A Monotonous Increase Of The Number Of Indubitably Established Theorems But Through The Incessant Improvement Of Guesses By Speculation And Criticism, By The Logic Of Proofs And Refutations.

No Experimental Result Can Ever Kill A Theory: Any Theory Can Be Saved From Counterinstances Either By Some Auxiliary Hypothesis Or By A Suitable Reinterpretation Of Its Terms.

Man's Respect For Knowledge Is One Of His Most Peculiar Characteristics. Knowledge In Latin Is Scientia, And Science Came To Be The Name Of The Most Respectable Kind Of Knowledge.