That revision is probably expressed in Lakatos's view on "research programmes" that may have core non-falsifiable theories and that continue being useful even w

That revision is probably expressed in Lakatos's view on "research programmes" that may have core non-falsifiable theories and that continue being useful even when scientists know something is off about the model as a whole: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lakatos/#ImprPoppScie https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lakatos/#ImprPoppScie