Proof and truth in Lakatos's masterpiece

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 4 (2):117 – 130 (1990)
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Abstract Proofs and Refutations is Lakatos's masterpiece. This article investigates some of its central themes, in particular: the nature of proofs ('Proofs do not prove, they improve'); the nature of definitions (real, not nominal); and the consequences of all this for ontology (platonism vs Popper's World Three)

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10.1080/02698599008573352

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Word and Object.Willard Van Orman Quine - 1960 - Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
From a Logical Point of View.Willard Van Orman Quine - 1953 - Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Objective knowledge.Karl Raimund Popper - 1972 - Oxford,: Clarendon Press.
Remarks on the foundations of mathematics.Ludwig Wittgenstein - 1956 - Oxford [Eng.]: Blackwell. Edited by G. E. M. Anscombe, Rush Rhees & G. H. von Wright.
The methodology of scientific research programmes.Imre Lakatos - 1978 - New York: Cambridge University Press.

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