In the history of philosophy, Imre Lakatos is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Imre Lakatos as Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922-1974).
Imre Lakatos was born in 1922. His recorded nationality is Hungary. He was educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University and University of Debrecen.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives his occupations as mathematician, philosopher and university teacher.
His affiliations include London School of Economics and Political Science.
His principal work is Proofs and Refutations. Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
His recorded fields of work are philosophy.
That the work was done from Hungary matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Imre Lakatos died in 1974 at the age of 52. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Proofs and Refutations
- Affiliated with London School of Economics and Political Science
- Educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University, University of Debrecen and University of Cambridge
- Worked as mathematician, philosopher and university teacher
