PHILOSOPHER

Imre Lakatos

1922 - 1974

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Imre Lakatos (UK: , US: ; Hungarian: Lakatos Imre [ˈlɒkɒtoʃ ˈimrɛ]; 9 November 1922 – 2 February 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imre Lakatos is the 249th most popular philosopher (down from 217th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 47th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Philosopher.

Lakatos is most famous for his work on the methodology of science. He argued that scientific theories can be progressive, degenerative, or revolutionary.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Imre Lakatos ranks 249 out of 1,267. Before him are Milarepa, Josef Breuer, George Herbert Mead, Pelagius, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and Shen Kuo. After him are Bias of Priene, Cleanthes, Adam Weishaupt, Cratylus, Isaiah Berlin, and Arcesilaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Imre Lakatos ranks 25. Before him are Jack Kerouac, Erving Goffman, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Philip Larkin, Charles M. Schulz, and Christiaan Barnard. After him are Alain Resnais, Doris Day, Agostinho Neto, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert W. Holley, and Joan Fuster. Among people deceased in 1974, Imre Lakatos ranks 22. Before him are Baldur von Schirach, Nick Drake, Julius Evola, David Oistrakh, Erich Kästner, and Rudolf Dassler. After him are Miguel Ángel Asturias, Darius Milhaud, Duke Ellington, Jacob L. Moreno, Peng Dehuai, and Otto Strasser.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Imre Lakatos ranks 62 out of 1,077. Before him are Béla III of Hungary (1148), Avram Hershko (1937), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Stephen V of Hungary (1239), George Andrew Olah (1927), and Emeric, King of Hungary (1174). After him are Flórián Albert (1941), Paul Erdős (1913), Béla Guttmann (1899), Georg von Békésy (1899), Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262), and Arthur Koestler (1905).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Hungary

Among philosophers born in Hungary, Imre Lakatos ranks 3. Before him are Rudolf Steiner (1861), and György Lukács (1885). After him are Ágnes Heller (1929), Ervin László (1932), István Mészáros (1930), George Gerbner (1919), Thomas Sebeok (1920), Victor Basch (1863), and Stanley Jaki (1924).

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