Imre Lakatos Quotes on Truth
Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian-British philosopher of mathematics and science. This page collects quotes attributed to Imre Lakatos on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Imre Lakatos:
“Science is a research programme, not an isolated theory.”
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Attributed to Imre Lakatos:
“A research programme is progressive when it predicts novel facts.”
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Attributed to Imre Lakatos:
“The history of science is the history of competing research programmes.”
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Attributed to Imre Lakatos:
“Falsification alone cannot capture the rationality of science.”
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Attributed to Imre Lakatos:
“Mathematics is created by an open process of proofs and refutations.”