Home›Philosophy of Science›All Philosophy of ScienceBrowse ByAll Philosophy of ScienceReference and ClassificationVerifiedPhilosophers principally known for theories of scientific method, explanation, theory change, and the demarcation of science from non-science, including the philosophical study of biology as a science in its own right. Belongs here: philosophers of the experimental and inductive method, falsificationism, paradigm theory, and the logical-positivist analysis of scientific language, folded together with philosophy of biology here rather than as its own single-member subcategory given this atlas's current holdings. Does not belong here: working scientists whose philosophical reflection is incidental to their scientific work, whose domain facets belong on this atlas's sibling Science Atlas.FactsAll Philosophy of ScienceSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested20 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedGerman 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAustrian 1All Philosophy of ScienceFilter Results70 entriesBranch of PhilosophyAllBioethics (2)Epistemology (8)Ethics (2)Feminist Philosophy (1)Logic (4)Metaphysics (8)Philosophy of Biology (6)Philosophy of Law (1)Philosophy of Mathematics (4)Philosophy of Medicine (3)Philosophy of Mind (2)Philosophy of Physics (4)Philosophy of Science (51)Political Philosophy (2)School of PhilosophyAllGerman Idealism (1)Logical Positivism (1)Postmodernism (1)EraAll1168 (1)1220 (1)1561 (1)1585 (1)1703 (1)1749 (1)1852 (1)1861 (1)1877 (1)1882 (2)1887 (1)1890 (1)1891 (1)1892 (1)1902 (2)1904 (1)1905 (1)1919 (1)1922 (2)1923 (2)1924 (1)1925 (1)1930 (1)1935 (2)1936 (2)1937 (1)1941 (2)1942 (1)1944 (3)1945 (1)1946 (3)1947 (2)1948 (1)1949 (1)1951 (2)1953 (2)1956 (3)1964 (1)1965 (2)1967 (1)1969 (3)1970 (1)1981 (1)NationalityAllArgentina (2)Australia (1)Austria (6)Belgium (1)Belgium (1)Byzantine Empire (1)Canada (1)Canada (4)Chile (1)Czechoslovakia (1)Denmark (2)Finland (2)France (1)Germany (6)Greece (1)Hungary (1)Italy (1)Italy (1)Netherlands (2)Ottoman Empire (1)Poland (1)South Africa (1)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (1)United Kingdom (11)United States (1)United States (14)Birthplace / RegionAllArgentina (1)Australia (1)Austria (6)Belgium (1)Canada (4)Chile (1)Czechia (1)Denmark (2)Finland (2)France (1)Germany (6)Ghent (1)Greece (1)Hungary (1)Italy (2)Netherlands (2)Poland (1)Switzerland (1)Turkey (2)United Kingdom (12)United States (15)Influenced ByAllBaruch Spinoza (1)Immanuel Kant (1)Sandra Harding (1)MovementAllAnalytic Philosophy Of Science (23)Christian Philosophy Of Science (2)Continental And Phenomenological Philosophy Of Science (3)Feminist Philosophy Of Science (3)Other Philosophy Of Science Traditions (32)Pragmatist Philosophy Of Science (3)Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Philosophy Of Science (4)In GroupAllAnalytic Philosophy Of Science (23)Christian Philosophy Of Science (2)Continental And Phenomenological Philosophy Of Science (3)Feminist Philosophy Of Science (3)Other Philosophy Of Science Traditions (32)Pragmatist Philosophy Of Science (3)Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Philosophy Of Science (4)TraditionAllAnalytic Philosophy (20)Aristotelianism (1)Christian Philosophy (1)Continental Philosophy (1)Empiricism (3)Feminism (3)Idealism (1)Logical Positivism (2)Positivism (5)Post-structuralism (1)Postmodernism (1)Pragmatism (3)Rationalism (1)Scholasticism (3)Structuralism (1)Thomism (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 20Nancy CartwrightPhilosophy of ScienceOtto NeurathPhilosophy of SciencePaul CilliersPhilosophy of SciencePaul FeyerabendPhilosophy of SciencePeter Godfrey-SmithPhilosophy of SciencePhilip KitcherPhilosophy of SciencePierre DuhemPhilosophy of ScienceRachel AnkenyPhilosophy of ScienceRobert GrossetestePhilosophy of ScienceRoberto TorrettiPhilosophy of ScienceRobyn BluhmPhilosophy of ScienceRoger BaconPhilosophy of ScienceSabina LeonelliPhilosophy of ScienceSandra HardingPhilosophy of ScienceStathis PsillosPhilosophy of ScienceSteven FrenchPhilosophy of ScienceTheodore of SmyrnaPhilosophy of ScienceThomas KuhnPhilosophy of ScienceWesley SalmonPhilosophy of ScienceWolfgang StegmüllerPhilosophy of Science← Previous12Sources1. Wikipedia: Philosophy of sciencetier 2WikipediaPhilosophy of science, lead section, emergence sentenceWhile philosophical thought pertaining to science dates back at least to the time of Aristotle, the general philosophy of science emerged as a distinct discipline only in the 20th century following the logical positivist movement.Philosophy of science, lead section, Vienna/Berlin Circle sentencethe Berlin Circle and the Vienna Circle propounded logical positivism in the late 1920s.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.