Popper and Kuhn differed, however, in their definitions of progress: the former appealed to the idea that successive theories may approach towards the truth, while the latter characterized progress in terms of the problem-solving capacity of theories.
The other papers in the series are (in the order that they should be read): 1) Pratt et al. [ 14]. "Evaluating the capacity of theories of justice to serve as a justice framework for international clinical research".
Building on what is known about the non-random nature of crime problems and the explanatory capacity of opportunity theories of crime, this study explores the utility of using existing university administrative data to detect unusual patterns of performance consistent with a student having engaged in contract cheating (paying a third-party to produce unsupervised work on their behalf).
The unique capacity of epidemiologic transition theory to identify ultimate causes in disease risk means that transition theory models can be usefully incorporated into socioecological models in epidemiology.
It also demonstrates the capacity of civil recourse theory to capture dimensions of tort law that are obscured by other approaches, and to elucidate contemporary issues in tort reform, such as the propriety of limits on pain and suffering damages.
This maximizes the system capacity of an information theory point of view.
Paradigm-based normal science is cumulative in terms of the problems solved, and even paradigm-changes or revolutions are progressive in the sense that "a relatively large part" of the problem-solving capacity of the old theory is preserved in the new paradigm.
The book is structured into a series of sections on policy capacity in theory and practice, each focusing on a specific aspect of policy capacity and its influence on policy formulation, decision-making, implementation and evaluation.
Even though Laudan's account of progress allows Kuhn-losses, it can be argued that the comparison of the problem-solving capacity of two rival theories presupposes some kind of correlation or translation between the statements of these theories (Pearce 1987).
The "purpose, aims and objectives of the framework", "quantitative indicators, measures and targets", and "intended use of the framework" were the best developed, while the "use of theory", "capacity building to commission or conduct evaluations" and "role allocation and governance" were less well developed.
This paper makes a novel contribution to the academic integrity area by exploring the capacity of these criminological theories to account for contract cheating.
