| Summary: | The aim of the
paper is resurrecting
the “Demarcation
Problem”, which was
considered dead in a
paper written by Larry
Laudan in 1983. I will
go through the analysis
of Imre Lakatos’
thought, which
represents the most
mature synthesis
between the fallibilism
of science and the
rationality of the
demarcation attitude.
Lakatos’ philosophical
trick is directed to
acknowledge the
inclinations of the
contemporary
philosophers, to grasp
the best they can
offer, and to propose a
more suitable
philosophy of science.
He follows the middle
path between dogmatism
and skepticism: the
favorite position in
order to safeguard the
phenomena suggesting a rational unity of the science in an “anarchic” historical period.
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