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Book Synopsis1 Introduction (Roman Frigg, J. McKenzie Alexander, Laurenz Hudetz, Miklos Rédei, Lewis Ross and John Worrall).- 2 Mathematical Methodology: For the Imre Lakatos Centenary, November 2021 (Philip Kitcher).- 3 Proofs as dialogues: the enduring significance of Lakatos for the philosophy of mathematical practice (Catarina Dutilh Novaes).- 4 Lakatos and the Euclidean Programme (A.C. Paseau and Wesley Wrigley).- 5 Proofs and Refutations, Non-Classically and Game Theoretically (Can Bas¸kent).- 6 Extending Heuristics: Discovery in Logic, Mathematics, and the Sciences (Otávio Bueno).- 7 The case of early Copernicanism: epistemic luck vs. predictivist vindication (Vincenzo Crupi).- 8 The Bayesian Research Programme in the Methodology of Science, or Lakatos Meets Bayes (Stephan Hartmann).- 9 Lakatos’s Naturalism(s): Distinguishing between Rational Reconstructions and Normative Explanations (Thodoris Dimitrakos).- 10 Heuristic, Physics Avoidance and the Growth of Knowledge (Jack Ritchie).- 11 Beyond footnotes: Lakatos’s meta-philosophy and the history of science (Samuel Schindler).- 12 Cholesterol and Cardio-Vascular Disease: Degenerating Research Programmes in Current Medical Science (John Worrall).- 13 Trade-offs and Progress in Cancer Science (Anya Plutynski).- 14 Epilogue: Scientific Theory-Change and Rationality: Lakatos and the “Popper- Kuhn Debate” (John Worrall).- Index.
