Appraising and Amending Theories: The Strategy of Lakatosian Defense and Two Principles that Warrant It

1990 Psychological Inquiry 685 citations

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(1990). Appraising and Amending Theories: The Strategy of Lakatosian Defense and Two Principles that Warrant It. Psychological Inquiry: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 108-141.

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1990
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Paul E. Meehl (1990). Appraising and Amending Theories: The Strategy of Lakatosian Defense and Two Principles that Warrant It. Psychological Inquiry , 1 (2) , 108-141. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327965pli0102_1

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