Introduction to the Special Issue on Lakatos’ Undone Work

We give an overview of Lakatos’ life, his philosophy of mathematics and science, as well as of this issue. Firstly, we briefly delineate Lakatos’ key contributions to philosophy: his anti-formalist philosophy of mathematics, and his methodology of scientific research programmes in the philosophy of...

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Published inKRITERION – Journal of Philosophy Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 113 - 122
Main Authors Nagler, Sophie, Pillin, Hannah, Sarikaya, Deniz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published De Gruyter 10.11.2022
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anti-formalism
Imre Lakatos
scientific research programmes
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Summary:We give an overview of Lakatos’ life, his philosophy of mathematics and science, as well as of this issue. Firstly, we briefly delineate Lakatos’ key contributions to philosophy: his anti-formalist philosophy of mathematics, and his methodology of scientific research programmes in the philosophy of science. Secondly, we outline the themes and structure of the masterclass , which gave rise to this special issue. Lastly, we provide a summary of the contributions to this issue.
ISSN:2750-977X
2750-977X
DOI:10.1515/krt-2022-0008