Logical empiricism and the sociology of knowledge: The case of Neurath and Frank

Philosophy of Science 67 (3):150 (2000)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Logical Empiricism is commonly regarded as uninterested in, if not hostile to sociological investigations of science. This paper reconstructs the views of Otto Neurath and Philipp Frank on the legitimacy and relevance of sociological investigations of theory choice. It is argued that while there obtains a surprising degree of convergence between their programmatic pronouncements and the Strong Programme, the two types of project nevertheless remain distinct. The key to this differences lies in the different assessment of a supposed dilemma facing post-Mertonian sociologists of science

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
104 (#155,272)

6 months
1 (#1,040,386)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Thomas Uebel
University of Manchester

References found in this work

Knowledge and Social Imagery.David Bloor - 1979 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 30 (2):195-199.
Ideology and Utopia.Karl Mannheim, Louis Wirth & Edward A. Shils - 1937 - International Journal of Ethics 48 (1):120-128.
Context of discovery and context of justification.Paul Hoyningen-Huene - 1986 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 18 (4):501-515.

Add more references