Appraising Lakatos Mathematics, Methodology, and the Man
Imre Lakatos (1922-1974) was one of the protagonists in shaping the "new philosophy of science". More than 25 years after his untimely death, it is time for a critical re-evaluation of his ideas. His main theme of locating rationality within the scientifi
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VIENNA CIRCLE INSTITUTE LIBRARY
[2002]
1 Institut Wiener Kreis Society for the Advancement of the Scientific World Conception Series-Editor: Friedrich Stadler Director, lnstitut Wiener Kreis and University of Vienna, Austria Advisory Editorial Board: Nancy Cartwright, London School of Economics, UK Robert S. Cohen, Boston University. USA Wilhelm K. Essler, University of Frankfurt/ M .. Germany Kurt Rudolf Fischer, University of Vienna, Austria Michael Friedman, University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA Peter Galison, Harvard University, USA Adolf Gri.inbaum, University of Pittsburgh, USA Rudolf Haller, University of Graz, Austria, Rainer Hegselmann, University of Bayreuth. Germany Michael Heidelberger, University ofTubingen, Germany Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University, USA Gerald Holton, Harvard Un iversity, USA Don Howard , University of Notre Dame, USA Allan S. Janik , University of lnnsbruck. Austria Richard Jeffrey, Princeton University, USA Andreas Kamiah, University of Osnabruck, Germany Eckehart Kohler, University of Vienna, Austria Anne J. Kox , University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Saul A. Kripke, Prince/On University, USA Elisabeth Leinfellner, University of Vienna. Austria Werner Leinfellner, Technical University of Vienna. Austria James G. Lennox , University of Pittsburgh. USA Brian McGuinness, University of Siena, Italy Kevin Mulligan , Universite de Geneve, Switzerland Elisabeth Nemeth, University of Vienna, Austria Julian Nida-Riimelin. University ofGottingen. Germany
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APPRAISING LAKATOS Mathematics, Methodology, and the Man
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GEORGE KAMPIS EO!vos University, Budapest LADISLA V KVASZ Comenius University, Bratislava MICHAELSTOLTZNER Institute Vienna Circle, Vienna University of Bielefeld
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