Philosopher of science Imre Lakatos (1978) argued that the key to evaluating merit in the sciences lies in the distinction between progressive and degenerative research programs. A research program is progressive if its theoretical growth anticipates its empirical growth (i.e., if it predicts novel facts with some frequency rather than merely explaining facts discovered by […]
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John Bellamy Foster
Professor of Sociology & Editor of Monthly Review Magazine
Monthly Review Articles
- Extractivism in the Anthropocene April 1, 2024
- The U.S. Quest for Nuclear Primacy: The Counterforce Doctrine and the Ideology of Moral Asymmetry February 1, 2024
- The Dialectics of Ecology: An Introduction January 1, 2024
- The Dialectics of Ecology: Socialism and Nature December 18, 2023
- Marxian Ecology and Sustainable Human Development December 1, 2023
- ‘Monthly Review’ and the Environment November 1, 2023
- Actual U.S. Military Spending Reached $1.537 Trillion in 2022—More than Twice Acknowledged Level: New Estimates Based on U.S. National Accounts November 1, 2023