An Examination of Counterexamples in Proofs and Refutations

Abstract: Lakatos’s seminal work Proofs and Refutations introduced the methods of proofs and refutations by discussing the history and methodological development of Euler’s formula V — E+F = 2 for three dimensional polyhedra. Lakatos considered the history of polyhedra illustrating a good example fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samet Bağçe, Can Başkent
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2009-10-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/228