The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology. Imre Lakatos More Quotes by Imre Lakatos More Quotes From Imre Lakatos Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge. Imre Lakatos philosopher tables thinking That sometimes clear ... and sometimes vague stuff ... which is ... mathematics. Imre Lakatos math stuff sometimes Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one. Imre Lakatos new growth character facts