Lakatos

In W. Newton-Smith, A companion to the philosophy of science. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. pp. 207–212 (2000)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Imre Lakatos (9 November 1922–2 February 1974) is the most important philosopher of mathematics and one of the most influential philosophers of science since the mid‐twentieth century. A Hungarian, Lakatos changed his name from Lipschitz to Molnar during the Nazi era and then to Lakatos (“locksmith”). After the war he remained politically active, as secretary in the Hungarian Ministry of Education. Later he was imprisoned as a dissident, and escaped to the West during the revolt of 1956. He studied at Budapest, Moscow, and Cambridge (Ph.D., 1958). During the 15 years preceding his death, he taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he became Professor of Logic in 1969. He was a lively teacher, discussant, and social critic. An inspired circle of friends and colleagues gathered around him within the Popperian stronghold at the London School of Economics.

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 103,449

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Imre Lakatos and the Guises of Reason.John David Kadvany - 2001 - Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Chocolate and Chess (Unlocking Lakatos). [REVIEW]John Kadvany - 2012 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 42 (2):276-286.
Lakatos between Marxism and the Hungarian heuristic tradition.Val Dusek - 2015 - Studies in East European Thought 67 (1-2):61-73.
Lakatos and Lukács.László Ropolyi - 2002 - In G. Kampis, L: Kvasz & M. Stöltzner, Appraising Lakatos: Mathematics, Methodology and the Man. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 303--337.
Lakatos’ philosophical work in Hungary.Gábor Kutrovátz - 2008 - Studies in East European Thought 60 (1-2):113-133.
Lakatos and After.John Worrall & London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000 - Lse Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences.
Lakatos one and Lakatos two: An appreciation.William Berkson - 1976 - In R. S. Cohen, P. K. Feyerabend & M. Wartofsky, Essays in Memory of Imre Lakatos. Reidel. pp. 39--54.

Analytics

Added to PP
2023-06-15

Downloads
15 (#1,278,503)

6 months
10 (#281,857)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Thomas Nickles
University of Nevada, Reno

Citations of this work

Is it justifiable to abandon all search for a logic of discovery?Mehul Shah - 2007 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 21 (3):253 – 269.
The Change-Driver Account of Scientific Discovery: Philosophical and Historical Dimensions of the Discovery of the Expanding Universe.Patrick M. Duerr & Abigail Holmes Mills - forthcoming - Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie:1-46.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references