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Philosophy of science

a series of theories sharing a protected hard core plus adjustable auxiliary hypotheses, judged progressive if it predicts novel facts.

In philosophy of science, research programme refers to a series of theories sharing a protected hard core plus adjustable auxiliary hypotheses, judged progressive if it predicts novel facts. This meaning comes from Lakatos (1970) in Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge.[1]

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Lakatos, I. (1970). Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes. In Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (pp. 91-196). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139171434.009

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