Description:Lakatos: An Introduction is the first comprehensive book on the highly influential philosopher of science, Imre Lakatos. Lakatos: An Introduction clearly presents: Lakatos's development of a philosophy of mathematics and empirical science Lakatos's thought as an important hybrid of Popperian philosophy and Hegelian-Marxist thought the relationship between Lakatos's views on science and mathematics and his more general philosophical beliefs. Brendan Larvor hence provides a thorough overview of both Lakatos's thought and his place in Twentieth Century philosophy.