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Birth
Born on 9 November 1922 in Debrecen, Hungary. His name at birth was Imre Lipschitz and he was born into a well known Jewish family. -
Hitler's occupation of Hungary
In March 1944 Adolf Hitler offers the country of Hungary to accept collaboration of Germany or accept the occupation of German forces. This was a tough time because Imre was Jewish by birth. -
graduation
In 1944 Imre graduated from the University of Debrecen with degrees in mathematics, physics and philosophy. He stayed in Hungary throughout the war. -
Scholarship and acceptance at Cambridge
In 1959 after writing a essay on mathematical discovery he received a scholarship by Rockefeller and following he received a PHD in philosophy from the University of Cambridge. -
a lifetime of teaching
In 1960 Imre was hired on as a professor of philosophy at the London academy of Economics. I stayed as a professor until his death. -
Counter point
IN 1963 he wrote the counter point to Eulers's theory of Polyhedrons by claiming a example to counter, by giving the equation V-E+F=4 -
Counter to Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn
Imre Lakatos attempted to reconcile Karl Popper's falsifications with Thomas Kuhn’s model of scientific theory change. His major contribution to the philosophy of science was this idea of a scientific research programme. Instead of trying to falsify a hypothesis it would be shown as did it make progress or detiorte hypothesis. -
Death
Imre died at the age of 51 from a heart attack. -
Legacy
In 1986 the first Imre Lakatos award was given from the London School of Economics and Philosophy. The award gives the receipting a total of 10,000 pounds in honor of the untimely death of Imre and the work he did for the science of Philosophy. It is still given to this day.