Second Thoughts on Lakatos
重新评估拉卡托斯的科学研究纲领方法论（MSRP）对经济理论的适用性，指出该方法论强调理论变迁的内在解释，并分析了其吸引经济学家的原因。
The article offers a re-evaluation of the applicability of Imre Lakatos' methodology of scientific research programs (MSRP) to economic theory. Presented during the Nafplion Conference in September 1974, the methodology has seen improvement. One improvement was it has been clarified and articulated. Several members of the Lakatosian school that made the articulation possible include John Worrall and Elie Zahar. Several reasons why the MSRP attracts economists are cited. One of which is the emphasis of the methodology on internal explanations of theory change. In 1971, Lakatos developed the methodology to provide a meta-methodology or a general method for appraising methodologies.