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Yes, I find Lakatos' book very interesting! Turns your head upsidedown but I enjoyed reading it :smile: I sometimes have some troubles doing thought e...

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Yes indeed, that's also why Lakatos' book is really interesting! He argues against formal mathematics byt his method of "proofs and reputations" may v...

Yes I agree ! :up: :100: I think that's the conclusion I too can draw from all this I really want to thank you for your help, I can really see the big...

And so heuristic counterexamples bring about a change in mathematical meaning!

Don't know whether I was clear on this point so I'm writing it again I think that what appeared to be logical counterexamples were heuristic counterex...

Thanks! It's all clearer now! and I think I can fully appreciate the last sentence: And yes, the word "metalanguage" felt odd so I'm glad to see we ag...

And I guess we could add that concept formation cannot be separated from "definition formation" which relates to a more heuristic study of knowledge.

Hello, Thank you so much for taking the time to answer and, indeed, I believe it helps! Especially when you talk about intended interpretation, so thi...