The Left Vienna Circle, Part 2. The Left Vienna Circle, disciplinary history, and feminist philosophy of science |
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Authors: | Sarah S. Richardson |
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Affiliation: | Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 240, Room 108, Stanford, CA 94305-2022, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper analyzes the claim that the Left Vienna Circle (LVC) offers a theoretical and historical precedent for a politically engaged philosophy of science today. I describe the model for a political philosophy of science advanced by LVC historians. They offer this model as a moderate, properly philosophical approach to political philosophy of science that is rooted in the analytic tradition. This disciplinary-historical framing leads to weaknesses in LVC scholars’ conception of the history of the LVC and its contemporary relevance. In this light, I examine the claim that there are productive enrichments to be gained from the engagement of feminist philosophy of science with the LVC, finding this claim ill-formulated. The case of LVC historiography and feminist philosophy of science presents a revealing study in the uses and ethics of disciplinary history, showing how feminist and other perspectives are misconceived and marginalized by forms of disciplinary self-narrativizing. |
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Keywords: | Vienna Circle Logical empiricism Political philosophy of science Disciplinary history Feminist philosophy of science |
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