Logical empiricism and the sociology of knowledge: The case of Neurath and Frank
Philosophy of Science 67 (3):150 (2000)
| 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 | |||||||||
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