Giere (2012)

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Giere, Ronald. (2012) History and Philosophy of Science: Thirty Five Years Later. In Mauskopf and Schmaltz (Eds.) (2012), 59-66.

Title History and Philosophy of Science: Thirty Five Years Later
Resource Type collection article
Author(s) Ronald Giere
Year 2012
Collection Mauskopf and Schmaltz (Eds.) (2012)
Pages 59-66

Abstract

Giere argues for a reconciliation between history of science and philosophy of science on the grounds that philosophy of science must become theory of science, that is, a naturalized theory of how science works. Normative claims about how science should work can flow from a descriptive understanding of how it does work. Giere believes that such a theory of science can emerge from melding cognitive science with sociology of science.