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LIfe of Imre
Imre was born in Hungary in 1922 and died in London in 1974. -
Life in detail
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Infinite Regress and the Foundations of Mathematics
In 1962 Lakatos published another great work alongside another, in light of Russell's work during this time. Although it was seen as a major critique on Russell's work, it also did this to Hilbert. Here Lakatos proposes the Axiom of Self, where he promotes the idea of math not falling on any self interpretations, meaning the numbers speak all truths (Stanford, 2016). -
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Proofs and Refutations
Over the course of two years, Imre published a series of four articles, based on his PhD thesis which was written as a many sided forum. They were later published with works after his death in 1974 as an illussion to Popper's work "Conjectures and Refutations" (Stanford, 2016). This was great proof of his admiration of Popper's work during this time. -
A Renaissance of Empiricism in the Recent Philosophy of Mathematics?
In 1967 Lakatos published what is commonly known as "Renaissance. In this profound publication, Lakatos both critiques and admires the work of many other philosophers. "In Lakatos’s opinion this is simply a mistake. Truth can trickle down from the axioms to their consequences and falsity can flow upwards from the consequences to the axioms (or at least to the axiom set)."(Stanford, 2016). -
Changes in the Problem of Inductive Logic
During his time publishing these three works and critiquing his fellow philosophers he made many enemies. In this work he critiques Carnap and Popper. He goes to great lengths in reversing the general verdict that Carnap was right in all aspects as compared to Popper. The argument that he made was how much philosophy was behind Carnap's theories and there was little to no success in proving his theories. -
References
“Eval(ez_write_tag([[468,60],'newworldencyclopedia_org-Box-2','ezslot_0',106,'0','0']));Imre Lakatos.” Imre Lakatos - New World Encyclopedia, www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Imre_Lakatos. Musgrave, Alan, and Charles Pigden. “Imre Lakatos.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 4 Apr. 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/lakatos/#AgaiFormMath.
