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Author:   Brendan Larvor
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.204kg
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9780415142762

ISBN 10:   0415142768
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   26 February 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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;

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This is a gem of a book. In 110 pages of text, Larvor gives us a lucid, systemmatic, and original analysis and criticism of Lakatos's writings. <br>- Teaching Philosophy, March 2000 <br> A proper appreciation of Lakatos's unique contribution to both the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mathematics is long overdue. Larvor's work is a perceptive study, and it can only be hoped that it will lead to a better understanding of the importance of Lakatos's thinking about the development and appraisal of his theories. <br>-George S. Botterill <br> Lakatos: An Introduction is very well written. The style is clean and economical, not cluttered by jargon, and flows well. I would use this as a text in an undergraduate course as well as in a graduate level course. <br>-Mary Tiles, University of Hawaii at Manoa <br>

'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

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