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Imre Lakatos

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

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Research programs guide scientists not only by showing what questions or approaches to avoid but also by directing them toward promising paths and methods to explore. This means they have a constructive part that helps shape the direction of research in a productive way.

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