Imre Lakatos and the Guises of Reason (Science and Cultural Theory)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780822326496
Subjects: Philosophy of science; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science/Mathematics; History & Surveys - Modern; History, European; Science Studies; Philosophy; Lakatos, Imre; Science
First sentence: It is remarkable the extent to which the nineteenth century was a time of error for mathematics: not trivial oversights or amateurish confusions but fundamental mistakes in the understanding of mathematical concepts and the formulation of mathematical proofs.