Imre Lakatos: November 9, 1922- February 2, 1974

Musgrave, Alan and Charles Pigden, "Imre Lakatos", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = .

Period: 1963 to 1964

Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science who contributed to the philosophy of science. The philosopher was born in Debrecen, Hungary, on November 9, 1922. Lakatos had a diverse academic background in mathematics, physics, and philosophy.
He began his academic career at the University of Debrecen, where he studied mathematics and philosophy. He later attended Budapest and became a student of renowned philosopher and mathematician György Lukács.