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Finding the History and Philosophy of Science
Erkenntnis, 2015History of science and philosophy of science have experienced a somewhat turbulent relationship over the last century. At times it has been said that philosophy needs history, or that history needs philosophy. Very occasionally, something entirely new is said to need them both.
Scott Weingart, Scott Weingart
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Philosophy of Science, History of Science, and Science Education
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 1974Since I have had the privilege of reading the remarks of my fellow-symposiasts before writing out my own, I should like to begin by making the briefest of comments on each of their contributions. Professor Petrie raises the Kantian-like question of how science education is possible – or, more precisely, how, if all observation is theory-laden, science ...
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HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY/SCIENCE: SOME LESSONS FOR PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
History and Theory, 2011ABSTRACTRheinberger's brief history brings into sharp profile the importance of history of science for a philosophical understanding of historical practice. Rheinberger presents thought about the nature of science by leading scientists and their interpreters over the course of the twentieth century as emphasizing increasingly the local and ...
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Higher Education Quarterly, 1952 Is the History of Science Relevant to the Philosophy of Science?
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, 1992Philosophers have started to use the history of science to address some of their philosophical concerns. In this paper I point out some aspects of contemporary practice that require further consideration in order to achieve a more fruitful integration of history and philosophy: one, the limitations of using case studies; two, the need to articulate how
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The Irrelevance of History of Science to Philosophy of Science
1971There is but one question before us: can a philosopher utilize historical facts without collapsing into the “genetic fallacy”? If he can, will his analyses be improved?
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Intellectual history and philosophy of science
Intellectual News, 1996Abstract These days few people are happy to be called ‘intellectual historians’. Intellectual history has indeed been in the doldrums since the 1960s. It has been charged with all sorts of vices: with ‘internalism’ and ‘intellectualism’, concentrating on theories and doctrines, ignoring social context, social uses and forms of association of the ...
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Philosophy of Science, History of Science, and Science of Science
1980The central topic of today’s meeting, cooperation between philosophy of science and history of science, is, to my mind, primarily a problem of professional interaction between philosophers and historians of science in studying some common object. It appears reasonable to emphasize this aspect to bring to the fore the research nature of the interaction
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The Relation between Philosophy of Science and History of Science
1976In the heat of a debate, it is often hard to see how one-sided and sometimes foolish the opposed positions are. The debate on the relation of the history of science to the philosophy of science is so patently an unreasonable one that one has to step back to see it in its full absurdity.
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History and Philosophy of Science
Social Scientist, 1990Gary Gutting +3 more
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