Monster-Barring

Term used by Imre Lakatos in Proofs and Refutations to denote one approach for handling “monsters”, counterexamples that arise when terms within a proof are parsed beyond their original intent.

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Certainty is not a sign of success but of lack of imagination!

Imre Lakatos