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The Dethroning of the Philosophy of Science: Ideological and Technical Functions of the Metasciences

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Methodology, Metaphysics and the History of Science

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In this paper I want to propose and elucidate the thesis that the metasciences have lost important elements of their functions with respect to the sciences.This evolution resulted from the social incorporation of the empirical sciences. Social incorporation of the sciences means growing subsumption of scientific research and development under industrial and political control. This process not only had, and still has, economic and political consequences for the scientific communities, it has also had considerable impact on the metasciences.

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  1. Universität Osnabrück, Postfach 4469, Albrechtstrasse 28, 45 Osnabrück, West Germany

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  1. Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

  2. Dept. of Philosophy, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA

    Marx W. Wartofsky

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Halfmann, J. (1984). The Dethroning of the Philosophy of Science: Ideological and Technical Functions of the Metasciences. In: Cohen, R.S., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Methodology, Metaphysics and the History of Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 84. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6331-3_5

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