Popper restricted scientific progress to the context of refutation

Evidence

Popper broadened this outlook and brought the problem of scientific progress into the foreground, although this was restricted to the context of refutation'the epistemological and logical examination of theoretical hypotheses and the experimental testing of them, based on the principle of falsification, with the aim of achieving a closer approximation to the truth. He excluded the context of discovery’, the external influence of psychological and socio-economic factors, which he alleged to be irrelevant to the logic of scientific discovery. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2417

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Philosophical refutations are seldom final and merely precede further refinements — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 295; Lay theorists avoid seeking disconfirming evidence rather than falsifying hypotheses; Modigliani-Miller propositions resist empirical testing because risk classes cannot be fixed — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 389 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Philosophical refutations are seldom final and merely precede further refinements #qualifies (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 295
• Modigliani-Miller propositions resist empirical testing because risk classes cannot be fixed #exemplifies (0.78) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 389
• Lay theorists avoid seeking disconfirming evidence rather than falsifying hypotheses #exemplifies (0.72)