Imre Lakatos
Hungarian mathematician, philosopher
Died when: 51 years 85 days (614 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Imre Lakatos (UK: /'læk?t?s/, US: /-to?s/; Hungarian: Lakatos Imre ['l?k?to? 'imr?]; 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.
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