Book of Donmon Teith

For the last forty years, two claims have been at the core of disputes about scientific change: that scientists reason rationally and that science is progressiv

On the last day of his life, Otto Neurath had given help to a Chinese philosopher who was writing about Schlick. Only an hour before his death he said to me: "N

Originally published in 1982. This volume explores some features of modern philosophy of science from the point of view of their utility for sociology’s self-

This book offers a new analysis of some basic issues in sociology and social theory, arguing that the social sciencs can, and should, play a major practical rol

A picture has indeed held modern Western philosophy captive, that of the universe as a vast machine whose iron laws are best understood as exceptionless empiric