Imre Lakatos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Imre Lakatos

Hungarian mathematician, philosopher

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1974

Profession: physicist, mathematician, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Hungary, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Imre Lakatos (UK: , US: ; Hungarian: Lakatos Imre ['l?k?to? 'imr?]; November 9, 1922 – February 2, 1974) was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the 'research programme' in his methodology of scientific research programmes.