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Lakatos and the Euclidean programme
- Abstract:
- Euclid’s Elements inspired a number of foundationalist accounts of mathematics, which dominated the epistemology of the discipline for many centuries in the West. Yet surprisingly little has been written by recent philosophers about this conception of mathematical knowledge. The great exception is Imre Lakatos, whose characterisation of the Euclidean Programme in the philosophy of mathematics counts as one of his central contributions. In this essay, we examine Lakatos’s account of the Euclidean Programme with a critical eye, and suggest an alternative picture that builds on his while differing from it in a number of important ways.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/978-3-031-88213-5_4
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+ Frigg, R
- Role:
- Editor
+ Alexander, J
- Role:
- Editor
+ Hudetz, L
- Role:
- Editor
+ Rédei, M
- Role:
- Editor
+ Ross, L
- Role:
- Editor
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Host title:
- Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100
- Pages:
- 47-67
- Chapter number:
- 4
- Series:
- Synthese Library
- Series number:
- 498
- Place of publication:
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publication date:
- 2025-07-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-12-09
- Event title:
- Imre Lakatos Centenary Conference
- Event location:
- London
- Event website:
- https://www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/events/imre-lakatos-centenary-conference/
- Event start date:
- 2022-11-02
- Event end date:
- 2022-11-04
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2542-8292
- ISSN:
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0166-6991
- EISBN:
- 9783031882135
- ISBN:
- 9783031882128
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1596742
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pubs:1596742
- Deposit date:
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2024-01-08
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- Paseau and Wrigley
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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