The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies. – Imre Lakatos
Einsteins results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge. – Imre Lakatos
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic. – Imre Lakatos
I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. Were in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and were also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing. – Vince Cable