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    It is not the case that Imre Lakatos argued that scientific status belongs to research programs evaluated by progressive versus degenerative problem-shifts, not individual falsifiability.

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    • 1."Progressive problem-shift" is vague and historically applied retrospectively, making it difficult to distinguish genuine progress from post-hoc rationalization.
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    • 2.Lakatos's account requires predicting novel *facts*, not just accommodating old data—a criterion nearly as demanding as direct falsifiability but less clear.
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    • 3.The framework struggles to declare any research program decisively degenerative, risking unfalsifiability itself and losing guidance for theory choice.
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    • 1.Individual theories often face anomalies early on; judging them immediately falsified ignores normal scientific development and progress.
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    • 2.Research programs like Newtonian mechanics generated novel predictions across centuries, demonstrating progressive shifts Popper's falsifiability couldn't explain.
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    • 3.Lakatos's framework explains why scientists rationally defend core theories against anomalies through auxiliary hypotheses rather than instant abandonment.
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