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- Title
Lakatos’ philosophical work in Hungary.
- Authors
Kutrovátz, Gábor
- Abstract
This paper attempts to present a general picture of the most important philosophical elements found in the Hungarian writings of Imre Lakatos, later the famous philosopher of science in England, with a focus on his views on science and its social context. In the first section, Lakatos’ life in Hungary is summarized, with a special emphasis on those few years when most of the Hungarian works were written. The second section offers a list of his Hungarian publications, each item accompanied by a brief description. Then we examine the lost doctoral dissertation and its possible contents as reconstructed from the reports of the readers and the published texts. Finally we identify the main philosophical sources the young Lakatos could have used, and give a summary of his basic views on science.
- Subjects
LAKATOS, Imre, 1922-1974; HUNGARIAN philosophy; PHILOSOPHY of science; SCIENCE &; society; SCHOLARLY publishing; DIALECTICAL materialism; TWENTIETH century; HUNGARIAN history, 1945-1989; INTELLECTUAL life
- Publication
Studies in East European Thought, 2008, Vol 60, Issue 1/2, p113
- ISSN
0925-9392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11212-008-9049-8