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On Rearing Scholars
Delivered a speech known as "On Rearing Scholars". This speech is not only Lakatos disavowing Stalinism, but also his way of calling out a member of the Petőfi Circle: György Lukács. Lukács valued the very same disdain for empiricism that Lakatos criticized here. -
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Proofs and Refutations
Wrote a series of four articles dubbed "Proofs and Refutations". In this series, he critiques the formalist philosophies of mathematics. A Euclidian approach, Lakatos claims, is flawed, and therefore cannot be taken; instead, it ought to be seen as a dialectical process. -
Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
Wrote the "Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes". This was meant to be an improvement to Popper's Demarcation Criterion, but ended up being a revision instead, creating an entirely new theory of scientific rationality and showing itself to be much more realistic.
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Falsifiability and Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
Remade his previous work, "Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes", into "Falsifiability and Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes". This is a continuation of his improvement on Popper's Demarcation Criterion, taking into consideration the factor of the refutation of scientific theories.