Appraising and Amending Theories: The Strategy of Lakatosian Defense and Two Principles that Warrant It
Psychological InquiryPublished 1 April 1990
Paul E. Meehl
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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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