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Birthplace
Imre Lakatos was born in to a Jewish family in Debrecen, Hungary on November 9th, 1922 -
Research Programme
Lakatos most defined contribution to the philosophy of science would be his model named "Research Programme." In his model, he tries to find the answer to the conflict between Karl Popper theory on falsificationism and Thomas Kuhn's theory of normal science where science undergoes periodic revolutions also called paradigm shifts. His model is based on having "hard core" theoretical assumptions that cannot be abandoned or altered without abandoning the programme altogether. -
Research Programme
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Reconstruction Of Science
In 1970, he wrote in one of his papers a different method for evaluating the scientific method and the theories of scientist. He would compare the work with scientific revolutions and the history of science to make a framework on how the theory would reconstruct science. -
Darwin's Theory
in a 1973 lecture, Lakatos proposed that one to date has proved that Darwin's theory was indeed scientific. In 1991, almost 20 years later, one of his ex-colleagues took upon this challenge to prove that It was indeed scientific. She made the proposal that it was scientific because it was supported by evidence and had explanations behind it. The theory did not have many facts behind it so they were never able to confirm weather it was scientific or not. -
Dawin's Theory
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Death
Lakatos died suddenly on February 2, 1974, from a heart attack in London, England. -
Scientific Community Metaphor
A branch of Lakatos "Proof and Refutations", where he makes mathematical discoveries to the philosophy of mathematics, scientific community metaphor can also be applied to computer science. This metaphor is used to understand scientific communities. Its main use is to be able to create viewpoints in gathered information to publish theories and people work In their field of study.
