Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.

It is not that we propose a theory and Nature may shout NO; rather, we propose a maze of theories, and Nature may shout INCONSISTENT.

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.

In degenerating programmes, however, theories are fabricated only in order to accommodate known facts

Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.