Philosophical Papers By Imre Lakatos Edited by John Worrall and Gregory Currie Vol. I, The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes, viii + 250 pp., £9.00 Vol. II, Mathematics, Science and Epistemology, x + 286 pp., £10.50 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978

Philosophy ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 54 (208) ◽  
pp. 247-249
Author(s):  
L. Jonathan Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Imre Lakatos ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Gregory Currie

scholarly journals Is the secularization research programme progressing? Debate on Jörg Stolz’s article on Secularization theories in the 21st century: ideas, evidence, and problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-329
Author(s):  
David Voas
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Imre Lakatos ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Research Programmes

The methodology of scientific research programmes, developed by Imre Lakatos, can help us to identify which theories are strong or weak. Applying this approach suggests that the secularization research programme is progressing, as Stolz argues. Some of the recent advances have been more successful than others, however. In particular, we have done better at understanding how secularization happens than why it happens.

scholarly journals Progressive and Degenerative Journals: On the Growth and Appraisal of Knowledge in Scholarly Publishing

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Dunleavy
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Journal Quality ◽  
Imre Lakatos ◽  
Alternative Framework ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Publication Practices

Despite continued attention, finding adequate criteria for distinguishing “good” from “bad”scholarly journals remains an elusive goal. In this essay, I propose a solution informed by thework of Imre Lakatos and his methodology of scientific research programmes (MSRP). I beginby reviewing several notable attempts at appraising journal quality – focusing primarily on theimpact factor and development of journal blacklists and whitelists. In doing so, I note theirlimitations and link their overarching goals to those found within the philosophy of science. Iargue that Lakatos’s MSRP and specifically his classifications of “progressive” and“degenerative” research programmes can be analogized and repurposed for the evaluation ofscholarly journals. I argue that this alternative framework resolves some of the limitationsdiscussed above and offers a more considered evaluation of journal quality – one that helpsaccount for the historical evolution of journal-level publication practices and attendantcontributions to the growth (or stunting) of scholarly knowledge. By doing so, the seemingproblem of journal demarcation is diminished. In the process I utilize two novel tools (themistake index and scite index) to further operationalize aspects of the MSRP.

Lakatos, Imre (1922–74)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Mathematics ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Imre Lakatos ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Proof Analysis ◽  
Research Programmes ◽  
Mathematical Discovery

Imre Lakatos made important contributions to the philosophy of mathematics and of science. His ‘Proofs and Refutations’ (1963–4) develops a novel account of mathematical discovery. It shows that counterexamples (‘refutations’) play an important role in mathematics as well as in science and argues that both proofs and theorems are gradually improved by searching for counterexamples and by systematic ‘proof analysis’. His ‘methodology of scientific research programmes’ (which he presented as a ‘synthesis’ of the accounts of science given by Popper and by Kuhn) is based on the idea that science is best analysed, not in terms of single theories, but in terms of broader units called research programmes. Such programmes issue in particular theories, but in a way again governed by clear-cut heuristic principles. Lakatos claimed that his account supplies the sharp criteria of ‘progress’ and ‘degeneration’ missing from Kuhn’s account, and hence captures the ‘rationality’ of scientific development. Lakatos also articulated a ‘meta-methodology’ for appraising rival methodologies of science in terms of the ‘rational reconstructions’ of history they provide.

Macroeconomics as a Set of Scientific Research Programmes: New Opportunities and Competitive Advantages

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
Alexandr Nikiforov ◽  
Olga Antipina ◽  
Nina Miklashevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
New Keynesian ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Research Programmes

The authors consider Macroeconomics as a set of interrelateol research programmes which incorporates such schools of thought as Neoclassical, Keynesian, Neoclassical synthesis, Monetarism, New Classical and New Keynesian. This approach has a number of competitive advantages over a standard course and provides new opportunities for researchers, academics, entrepreneurs and students of economic theory.

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