Imre Lakatos

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Imre Lakatos


Born
in Hungary
November 09, 1922

Died
February 02, 1974


Philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the 'research programme' in his methodology of scientific research programmes.
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Proofs and Refutations: The...

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Philosophical Papers, Volum...

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For and Against Method: Inc...

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Criticism and the Growth of...

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Historia de la Ciencia y su...

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“Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.”
Imre Lakatos

“[T]he problem of demarcation between science and pseudoscience is not a pseudo-problem of armchair philosophers: it has grave ethical and political implications.”
Imre Lakatos, Philosophical Papers, Volume 1: The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes

“Женщина с ребенком во чреве не может быть контрапримером для тезиса, что люди имеют одну голову.”
Imre Lakatos, Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery

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