''Philosophy of Science'' is dedicated to the furthering of studies and free discussion from diverse standpoints in the philosophy of science. It is a
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Official affiliations
In January 1934 ''Philosophy of Science'' announced itself as the chief external expression of the
Philosophy of Science Association
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, which seems to have been the expectation of its founder,
William Malisoff. The journal is currently the official journal of the Association, which
Philipp Frank
Philipp Frank (March 20, 1884 – July 21, 1966) was a physicist, mathematician and philosopher of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. He was influenced by Mach and was one of the Machis ...
and
C. West Churchman
Charles West Churchman (29 August 1913 – 21 March 2004) was an American philosopher and systems scientist, who was Professor at the School of Business Administration and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California ...
formally constituted in December 1947.
Publication history
Malisoff, who was independently wealthy, seems to have financed the launch of ''Philosophy of Science''. Correspondingly he became its first editor. In the first issue he sought papers ranging from studies on "the analysis of meaning, definition, symbolism," in scientific theories to those on "the nature and formulation of theoretical principles" and "in the function and significance of science within various contexts." Its initial editorial board comprised
Eric Temple Bell
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,
Albert Blumberg
Albert E. Blumberg (August 10, 1906 – October 8, 1997) was an American philosopher and political activist. He was an official of the Communist Party for several years before joining the Democratic Party as a district leader.
Early life
Al ...
,
Rudolf Carnap,
Morris Raphael Cohen
Morris Raphael Cohen ( be, Мо́рыс Рафаэ́ль Ко́эн; July 25, 1880 – January 28, 1947) was an American philosopher, lawyer, and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis. This union co ...
, W.W. Cook,
Herbert Feigl
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Biography
The son of a trained weaver who became a textile designer, ...
,
Karl S. Lashley
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,
Henry Margenau
Henry Margenau (April 30, 1901 – February 8, 1997) was a German-American physicist, and philosopher of science.
Biography Early life
Born in Bielefeld, Germany, Margenau obtained his bachelor's degree from Midland Lutheran College, Nebraska befo ...
,
Hermann Joseph Muller
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,
Susan Stebbing
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,
Dirk Jan Struik
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Life
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and
Alexander Weinstein
Alexander Weinstein (21 January 1897 – 6 November 1979) was a mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics.
Early Life, family and personal life
Weinstein was born to Judel Jejb Weinstein and Praskovya Levkovich, hi ...
.
C. West Churchman
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became the second editor of ''Philosophy of Science'' upon the untimely death of
William Malisoff. Churchman resigned as editor in January 1957, after which Richard Rudner, his friend and former student took over. Subsequent editors include
Kenneth F. Schaffner, the philosopher and medical doctor. Currently the journal has an editor-in-chief, a managing editor and six associate editors.
''Philosophy of Science'' was originally published in 1934 by The Williams and Wilkins Company of Baltimore, Maryland, which upon the death of Malisoff offered to bear the occasional losses of the journal and to share fifty-fifty in its profits. It is currently published by the
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on behalf of the
Philosophy of Science Association
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. The journal contains essays, discussion articles, and book reviews in the field of the
philosophy of science
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.
''Philosophy of Science'' was originally published quarterly. It is currently published five times a year.
Abstracting and indexing
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page of the website of the journal. The current
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page in the website of the journal.
Landmark paper
In 1943 Philosophy of Science published the groundbreaking article ‘Behavior, purpose and teleology’ by
Arturo Rosenblueth
Arturo Rosenblueth Stearns (October 2, 1900 – September 20, 1970) was a Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist, who is known as one of the pioneers of cybernetics.
Biography
Rosenblueth was born in 1900 in Ciudad Guerrero, Chihuahua. ...
,
Norbert Wiener and
Julian Bigelow
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.
[Rosenblueth, Arturo; Wiener, Norbert; and Julian Bigelow. 1943. “Behavior, purpose and teleology” ''Philosophy of Science'' 10 (1): 18–24.]
Further reading
Butts, Robert E. 1984. Philosophy of science: 1934-1984. Philosophy of Science. 51 (1). 1-3.
Douglas, Heather. 2010. Engagement for progress: applied philosophy of science in context. Synthese. 177 (3). 317-335.
Frank, Philipp and C. West Churchman. 1948. In Memoriam Dr. William M. Malisoff. Philosophy of Science. 15 (1). 1-3.
Malaterre, Christophe; Lareau, Francis; Pulizzotto, Davide and Jonathan St-Onge. 2020. Eight journals over eight decades: a computational topic-modeling approach to contemporary philosophy of science. Synthese. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02915-6
Solomon, Graham. 2000. The reception of German scientific philosophy in North America: 1930–1962. Chapter 13 in ‘Witches, scientists, philosophers: Essays and lectures’ by Robert E. Butts. Edited by Graham Solomon. Dordrecht: Springer.
References
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