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Lakatos was born on November 9, 1922 in Debrecen, Hungary.
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In 1944, Lakatos graduated from the University of Debrecen with degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy. However, the celebration was to be short lived. Not long after the Germans invaded Hungary. During the years after the invasion he was part of a Marxist resistance movement.
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In 1961, after Lakatos fled the Soviet Invasion of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution, he made his way to England where he obtained his PhD in philosophy from Cambridge University. While he had degrees in Physics and Mathematics his true love seemed to be philosophy.
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Lakatos set out to modify, expand upon, and improve the theories of Karl Popper. He published his Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes. Below is a link to a youtube video that helps to explains the rationale behind Lakatos' theories and methodologies.
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Due to his unexpected death in 1974, Lakatos was unable to publish his edited and modified version of his very popular essay from 1963 'Proofs and Refutations.' However, after his death his friends were able to put his edited versions together. The book was published in 1976 by Cambridge University Press. Lakatos, I. (1976). Proofs and refutations: the logic of math. discovery. Ed. by John Worrall and Elie Zahar. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr.
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On February 2, 1974 Lakatos passed away from a heart attack.
