Imre Lakatos (, ; Hungarian: Lakatos Imre November 9, 1922 – February 2, 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.
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9 November 1922 Debrecen, Hungary
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Died |
2 February 1974 (aged 51) London, England
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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