Imre Lakatos
Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people with the same name, see Lakatos (disambiguation).
Imre Lakatos (UK: /ˈlækətɒs/,[5] US: /-toʊs/; Hungarian: Lakatos Imre [ˈlɒkɒtoʃ ˈimrɛ]; 9 November 1922 – 2 February 1974) 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.
The native form of this personal name is Lakatos Imre. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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