Imre Lakatos' philosophical and scientific papers are published here in two volumes. Volume I brings together his very influential but scattered papers on the philosophy of the physical sciences, and includes one important unpublished essay on the effect of Newton's scientific achievement. Volume II presents his work on the philosophy of mathematics (much of it unpublished), together with some critical essays on contemporary philosophers of science and some famous polemical writings on political and educational issues. Imre Lakatos had an influence out of all proportion to the length of his philosophical career. This collection exhibits and confirms the originality, range and the essential unity of his work. It demonstrates too the force and spirit he brought to every issue with which he engaged, from his most abstract mathematical work to his passionate 'Letter to the director of the LSE'. Lakatos' ideas are now the focus of widespread and increasing interest, and these volumes should make possible for the first time their study as a whole and their proper assessment.

伊姆雷・拉卡托斯（1922-1974）、著名數學哲學傢和科學哲學傢，當代西方科學哲學“曆史學派”主要代錶人物之一。本書收入任教關於科學哲學的五篇重要論文，集中體現瞭作者的科學哲學觀和曆史方法論。書中批判瞭波普爾的證僞主義方法論與庫恩的非理性主義科學心理學。提齣瞭一個理論演替的閤理的動態的科學發展模式，主張以科學史檢驗科學方法論，並倡導以典型曆史實例進行“案例研究”的方法。