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Essays in Memory of Imre Lakatos

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  1. R. S. Cohen
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  2. P. K. Feyerabend
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  3. M. W. Wartofsky
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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 39)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Imre Lakatos (1922–1974): Philosopher of Mathematics and Philosopher of Science

    • John Worrall
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Lakatosian Revolution

    • Joseph Agassi
    Pages 9-21

  4. Immediate Perception

    • D. M. Armstrong
    Pages 23-35

  5. On Imre Lakatos

    • W. W. Bartley III
    Pages 37-38

  6. Lakatos One and Lakatos Two: An Appreciation

    • William Berkson
    Pages 39-54

  7. William Whewell and the Concept of Scientific Revolution

    • I. Bernard Cohen
    Pages 55-63

  8. How Can One Testimony Corroborate Another?

    • L. Jonathan Cohen
    Pages 65-78

  9. Constraints on Science

    • Robert S. Cohen
    Pages 79-86

  10. Research Programs, Rationality, and Ethics

    • Gene D’Amour
    Pages 87-98

  11. Introduction: Culture, Cultural System and Science

    • Yehuda Elkana
    Pages 99-107

  12. On the Critique of Scientific Reason

    • P. K. Feyerabend
    Pages 109-143

  13. The Young Einstein and the Old Einstein

    • Arthur Fine
    Pages 145-159

  14. An Ethic of Cognition

    • Ernest Gellner
    Pages 161-177

  15. Instrumentalism and its Critique: A Reappraisal

    • Jerzy Giedymin
    Pages 179-207

  16. Imre Lakatos: Some Recollections

    • Marjorie Grene
    Pages 209-212

  17. Is Falsifiability the Touchstone of Scientific Rationality? Karl Popper Versus Inductivism

    • Adolf Grünbaum
    Pages 213-252

  18. Ancient Geometrical Analysis and Modern Logic

    • Jaakko Hintikka, Unto Remes
    Pages 253-276

  19. The Development of Logical Probability

    • Colin Howson
    Pages 277-298

  20. Descartes’ Rules of Impact and Their Criticism

    • Kurt Hüubner
    Pages 299-310
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About this book

The death of Imre Lakatos on February 2, 1974 was a personal and philosophical loss to the worldwide circle of his friends, colleagues and students. This volume reflects the range of his interests in mathematics, logic, politics and especially in the history and methodology of the sciences. Indeed, Lakatos was a man in search of rationality in all of its forms. He thought he had found it in the historical development of scientific knowledge, yet he also saw rationality endangered everywhere. To honor Lakatos is to honor his sharp and aggressive criticism as well as his humane warmth and his quick wit. He was a person to love and to struggle with. PAUL K. FEYERABEND ROBERT S. COHEN MARX W. WARTOFSKY TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface VII JOHN WORRALL / Imre Lakatos (1922-1974): Philosopher of Mathematics and Philosopher of Science JOSEPH AGASSI / The Lakatosian Revolution 9 23 D. M. ARMSTRONG / Immediate Perception w. W. BAR TLEY, III/On Imre Lakatos 37 WILLIAM BERKSON / Lakatos One and Lakatos Two: An Appreciation 39 I. B. COHEN / William Whewell and the Concept of Scientific Revolution 55 L. JONATHAN COHEN / How Can One Testimony Corroborate Another? 65 R. S. COHEN / Constraints on Science 79 GENE D'AMOUR/ Research Programs, Rationality, and Ethics 87 YEHUDA ELKANA / Introduction: Culture, Cultural System and Science 99 PA UL K.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essays in Memory of Imre Lakatos

  • Editors: R. S. Cohen, P. K. Feyerabend, M. W. Wartofsky

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1451-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1976

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0654-6Published: 31 October 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0655-3Published: 31 October 1976

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1451-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 768

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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