@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Lakatos,Imre}, subject = {Falsification}, note = {Hacking I 286 LakatosVsPopper: falsification (ism) ("Man proposes, nature disposes") cannot be right, because it presupposes the distinction theory/observation. Incorrect assumptions: 1. that there is a psychological barrier between speculative and observation records 2. that observation sentences could be proved by facts. >Theory, >Observation, >Observation sentence. --- Schurz I 15 Falsification/asymmetry/Popper: falsification applies in strict (universal sentences without exception): they cannot be verified by a finite set of observations, but they can be falsified by a single counter-example. >Universal sentences, >Verification. LakatosVsPopper: Theories are never rejected on the basis of a single counter-example, but they are adjusted. >Progress.}, note = { Laka I I. Lakatos The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers (Philosophical Papers (Cambridge)) Cambridge 1980 Hacking I I. Hacking Representing and Intervening. Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science, Cambridge/New York/Oakleigh 1983 German Edition: Einführung in die Philosophie der Naturwissenschaften Stuttgart 1996 Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=430211} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=430211} }