Bad arguments against a good case (Laudan's attack on the strong programme)

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 12 (3):233-238 (1998)
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Abstract This paper deals with Larry Laudan's attack on the symmetry thesis of Bloor's ?strong programme?. It will be shown that Laudan's argumentation is fallacious and, therefore, his attempt at refuting the symmetry thesis has failed

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10.1080/02698599808573598

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The Rationality of Science.W. Newton-Smith - 1981 - Boston: Routledge.
Beyond Positivism and Relativism.Larry Laudan - 1998 - Mind 107 (425):233-235.
II.1 The Pseudo-Science of Science?Larry Laudan - 1981 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 11 (2):173-198.

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