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Lakatos and the Historical Approach to Philosophy of Mathematics

By Donald Gillies

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
1009467980, 9781009467988, 1009430580, 9781009430586, 9781009430609
DOI
10.1017/9781009430609
ISSN
2399-2883
Google Books ID
qpIr0AEACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2050507 bytes)
Series
Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics
Pages
\68
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2023-11-30 06:35:08

Description

The Element begins by claiming that Imre Lakatos (1922-74) in his famous paper 'Proofs and Refutations' (1963-64) was the first to introduce the historical approach to philosophy of mathematics. Section 2 gives a detailed analysis of Lakatos' ideas on the philosophy of mathematics. Lakatos died at the age of only 51, and at the time of this death had plans to continue his work on philosophy of mathematics which were never carried out. However, Lakatos' historical approach to philosophy of mathematics was taken up by other researchers in the field, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Element give an account of how they developed this approach. Then Section 5 gives an overview of what has been achieved so far by the historical approach to philosophy of mathematics and considers what its prospects for the future might be.

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