Philosophers of mathematics

Imre Lakatos

Imre Lakatos (UK: /ˈlækətɒs/, US: /-toʊs/; Hungarian: Lakatos Imre [ˈlɒkɒtoʃ ˈimrɛ]; 9 November 1922 – 2 February 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. (Wikipedia).

Imre Lakatos
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Philippe Eyssidieux

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Lakatos on Science & Pseudoscience (1973)

Imre Lakatos's most succinct public summary of his philosophy of science. In this talk, he outlines his distinctive view of the importance of 'the demarcation problem' in the philosophy and history of science, namely the normative methodological problem of distinguishing between science an

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Cédric Villani's conference

From the stability of the Solar system to the stability of plasmas

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Jacques Laskar's conference

Lagrange and the stability of the Solar System

From playlist Bicentenaire Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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Leelavati Prize 2018 Ali Nesin

The Leelavati Prize recognizes outstanding contributions for increasing public awareness of mathematics as an intellectual discipline and the crucial role it plays in diverse human endeavors. The prize is sponsored by Infosys.

From playlist IMU Awards

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Luigi Pepe's conference

Scientific biography of Joseph Louis Lagrange Part one, Lagrange in Turin : calculus of variation and vibrating sring Part two, Lagrange in Paris : didactical works and Dean for Scientific activities at the National Institute

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Post-Talk Conversation, “Are Scientific Models Fictions? Model-Based Science as Epistemic Warfare”

Post-Talk Conversation between Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section and Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, Italy and James Weatherall, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine. In the current epistemol

From playlist Franke Program in Science and the Humanities

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An Application of the Universality Theorem for Tverberg Partitions - Imre Barany

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I Topic: An Application of the Universality Theorem for Tverberg Partitions Speaker: Imre Barany Affiliation: Renyi Institute, Hungary and UCL, London Date: March 18, 2019 For more video please visit http://video.ias.edu

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Extremal Problems for Convex Lattice Polytopes - Imre Barany

Imre Barany Alfred Renyi Mathematical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences March 15, 2010 In this survey I will present several extremal problems, and some solutions, concerning convex lattice polytopes. A typical example is to determine the smallest area that a convex lattice polygon

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Nexus Trimester - Imre Csiszár (Renyi Institute, Budapest)

Secret Key Capacities for Source and Channel Models Imre Csiszár (Renyi Institute, Budapest) March 24, 2016 Abstract: This talk surveys fundamental limits for the problem of generating secret key (SK) for two or several parties, i.e., common randomness concealed from an eavesdropper. The

From playlist Nexus Trimester - 2016 - Secrecy and Privacy Theme

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Shulman Lectures in Science and the Humanities: “Paths to the Evolution of Consciousness”

Peter Godfrey-Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia, and taught at Stanford, Harvard, the Australian National University, and the CUNY Graduate Center before moving to his current position as professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney. His main research int

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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

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Les 10 ans du Groupe Calcul - Laurent Desbat, TIMC-IMAG, Université Fourier, Grenoble

Laurent Desbat, TIMC-IMAG, Université Fourier, Grenoble "Jean Kuntzmann et la naissance du numérique à l'université de Grenoble"

From playlist Les 10 ans du Groupe Calcul

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12 Subatomic Stories: What scientists know about neutrino masses

Of all of the particles and forces of the standard model, neutrinos remain the mysterious. Researchers have not even been able to measure their mass. In episode 12 of Subatomic Stories, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln tells us what we know about the neutrino’s mass. **Correction: At 5:12, I

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Understanding Large-Scale Nuclear Architecture by Gautam Menon

DISCUSSION MEETING: THIRSTING FOR THEORETICAL BIOLOGY (ONLINE) ORGANIZERS: Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (UNSW & EMBL Australia), Vijaykumar Krishnamurthy (ICTS-TIFR, India), and Vidyanand Nanjundiah (Centre for Human Genetics, India) DATE: 11 January 2021 to 22 January 2021 VENUE: Online Co

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