Lakatos, Imre

Popper Karl (1968) Is there an epistemological problem of perception In Lakatos Imre, Musgrave Alan (eds.). Problems in the philosophy of science, North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1968 pp. 40-64. 

Lakatos, Imre birth name Lipschitz (1922-1974) Hungarian mathematician, physicist and philosopher at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. In 1953 he fled to Vienna and finally to London to study at the University of Cambridge for a doctorate in philosophy. In 1960 Lakatos was appointed to the London School of Economics. Many works appeared after his death in editions. 

Lakatos, Imre. 1977. The methodology of scientific research programmes Philosophical papers, vol. 1. Cambridge Cambridge University Press. 

It was Zahar who first pointed out to Lakatos the importance of some forms of accommodation, or what was later termed use-novelty. Refer to Lakatos and Zahar, The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes Philosophical Papers by Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Gregory Currie, CUP, 1980. 

ISBN 90-277-2712-0 Pb 90-277-2713-9 K. Gavroglu, Y. Goudaroulis and P. Nicolacopoulos (eds.) Imre Lakatos and Theories of Scientific Change. 1989 ISBN 90-277-2766-X... 

Antoine Lavoisier, who revolutionized the science of chemistry in the eighteenth century and replaced the mythical phlogiston with the tenn (and concept) of oxygen, clearly understood the importance of accurate definitions. In his words We cannot improve the language of any science without at the same time improving the science itself nor can we, on the other hand, improve a science without improving the language or nomenclature (Lavoisier 1798). Imre Lakatos (1981) wrote Philosophy of science without history is empty history of science without philosophy is blind . 

It is somewhat amusing to think that the ancient notions of Front s hypothesis and triads of elements, which were initially so productive and later so strongly criticized, have been shown to be essentially correct, and that the reason for their being essentially correct is now fully understood. In fact, the philosopher of science Imre Lakatos used the example of Front s hypothesis to illustrate a theory making a comeback after being apparently refuted. ... 

Cohen, R. S., K. Feyerabend and M. W. Wartovsky (eds.) (1976), Essays in Honour of Imre Lakatos. Dordrecht Reidel. 

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