There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue it is an intellectual crime.
Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.