Appraising Lakatos: Mathematics, Methodology and the ManGyörgy Kampis, George Kampis, Ladislav Kvasz, Michael Stöltzner 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 scientific process appears even more compelling today, after many historical case studies have revealed the cultural and societal elements within scientific practices. Recently there has been, above all, an increasing interest in Lakatos' philosophy of mathematics, which emphasises heuristics and mathematical practice over logical justification. But suitable modifications of his approach are called for in order to make it applicable to modern axiomatised theories. Pioneering historical research in England and Hungary has unearthed hitherto unknown facts about Lakatos' personal life, his wartime activities and his involvement in the political developments of post-war Europe. From a communist activist committed to Györgyi Lukács' thinking, Lakatos developed into a staunch anti-Marxist who found his intellectual background in Popper's critical rationalism. The volume also publishes for the first time a part of his Debrecen Ph.D. thesis and it is concluded by a bibliography of his Hungarian writings. |
Contents
JOHN WATKINS The Propositional Content of | 3 |
DONALD GILLIES Lakatos Criticisms of Popper | 13 |
MATTEO MOTTERLINI Professor Lakatos Between | 23 |
Lakatos | 53 |
GÁBOR FORRAI Lakatos Reason and History | 73 |
JOHN WORRALL Heuristic Power and the Logic of Scientific | 85 |
PÉTER SZEGEDI Lakatos on Crucial Experiments and | 101 |
UNDERWAY TO A PHILOSOPHY OF CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS | 113 |
TEUN KOETSIER Lakatos Mitigated Scepticism in | 189 |
LADISLAV KVASZ Lakatos Methodology Between | 211 |
OLGA KISS Mathematical Heuristic Lakatos and Pólya | 243 |
HANSCHRISTIAN REICHEL Lakatos and Aspects | 255 |
LIFE AND POLITICS | 261 |
LÁSZLÓ ROPOLYI Lakatos and Lukács | 303 |
LEE CONGDON Lakatos Political Reawakening | 339 |
A Documentation Arranged by Gábor Kutrovátz | 353 |
THOMAS MORMANN Towards an Evolutionary Account | 139 |
MICHAEL STÖLTZNER What Lakatos Could Teach | 157 |
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Appraising Lakatos: Mathematics, Methodology, and the Man György Kampis,L. Kvasz,Michael Stöltzner Limited preview - 2013 |
Appraising Lakatos: Mathematics, Methodology, and the Man György Kampis,L. Kvasz,Michael Stöltzner No preview available - 2010 |