Imre Lakatos’s Scientific Research Programme: A Critical Evaluation

Larry Ebikekeme Wada, Ejike Emmanuel Aroh and Paul Chikamadu Wagozie
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Larry Ebikekeme Wada: Department of General Studies, School of Foundation Studies, Bayelsa State College of Health Technology.
Ejike Emmanuel Aroh: Department of Philosophy, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Paul Chikamadu Wagozie: Department of Philosophy, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 9, 117-129

Abstract: This paper is an evaluation of Imre Lakatos’s scientific research programme. The paper critically queries the submission of Lakatos in the history of science, against standard logic and the reality of scientific practice. Lakatos’s work is a constructive survey of the history of science. Hence this study assumes deconstructivist historiography as its theoretical framework for the analysis. To achieve its aim and specific objectives, the study adopts content analysis as its research method. It was discovered in the course of the study that Lakatos assumes without reference to scientific practice the irrefutability of the hardcore. Lakatos believes that his method proffers a much better explanation than Popperian’s falsificationism and the Kuhnian paradigmatic shift in the history of science. The paper argues that while Lakatos’s views could be seen to be original and compelling, nevertheless, it stands fallible and fraught with too many inconsistencies. This paper concludes with an attempt at a critical evaluation of Lakatos’s thoughts on the scientific method and its progress.

Date: 2023
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