title: Immanent philosophy of X.
abstract: In this paper I examine the relationship between historians, philosophers and sociologists of science, and indeed scientists themselves. I argue that (i) they co-habit a shared intellectual territory (science and its past); and (ii) they should be able to do so peacefully, and with mutual respect, even if they disagree radically about how to describe the methods and results of science. I then go on to explore some of the challenges to mutually respectful cohabitation between history, philosophy and sociology of science. I conclude by identifying a familiar kind of project in the philosophy of science which seeks to explore the worldview of a particular scientific discipline, and argue that it too has a right to explore the shared territory even though some historians and sociologists may find it methodologically suspect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 50 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, UK. Electronic address: r.f.hendry@durham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Robin Findlay
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hendry
mesh_terms: D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010684:Philosophy; D012586:Science / Q000266:history; D012961:Sociology
keywords: History of science; Philosophy of science; Sociology of science