Imre Lakatos
Philosopher, Author
1922 – 1974
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Who was Imre Lakatos?
Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian 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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- Born
- Nov 9, 1922
Debrecen - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Hungarian people
- Nationality
- Hungary
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State University
- University of Debrecen
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Feb 2, 1974
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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