Lakatos

'A valuable and insightful introduction to Lakatos's philosophy ... the best overall account currently available ... one that every university library and every scholar interested in Lakatos should have.' - Philosophia Mathematica'A useful and highly readable philosophical primer.' - New Scientist'A lucid introductory account of Lakotos' life and work in the philosophy of science.' - Network

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Section 1 Life and character; Section 2 Proofs and Refutations; Section 02-01-01 Dialectics; Section 02-01-02 Formalism; Section 02-01-03 Hegel; Section 02-01-04 Fallibilism; Section 03 3 The Popper-Kuhn debate; Section 4 Philosophy of science; Section 04-01-01 The methodology of scientific research programmes; Section 04-01-02 Statute and case law; Section 04-01-03 The methodology of historical research programmes; Section 04-01-04 Hacking’s interpretation; Section 04-01-05 Hegelian history; Section 04-01-06 Other Hegelian traces; Section 04-01-07 Conclusion; Section 5 The politics of reason; Section 05-01-01 Lakatos’ rationalism; Section 05-01-02 The limits of demarcationism; Section 05-01-03 Proofs and Refutations: an anarchist tract; Section 05-01-04 Reason and freedom; Section 6 After Lakatos; Section 06-01-01 Diagnosis; Section 06-01-02 Prescription; Notes; Bibliography; Index;