Toward a Monistic Theory of Science: The ‘Strong Programme’ Reconsidered.

A study was conducted to assess the validity of the “Strong Programme” account of scientific knowledge, which assumes that the logics of interest and of instrumental adequacy are not dualistic and potentially conflicting but are one and the same. The findings, although conceding that the Strong Pro...

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Published in:Philosophy of the Social Sciences Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 311 - 339
Main Author: Kemp, Stephen
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 2003
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