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This paper reconstructs some conceptual and institutional elements from Philipp Frank’s largely forgotten Research Project about the Sociology of Science. The project was organized by Frank at the Institute for the Unity of Science in the mid-1950s, and it involved scholars such as Robert K. Merton, Bernard Barber, Ernest Nagel, and Thomas Kuhn. Due to various circumstances, the group was unsuccessful in developing and shaping the cognitive and professional identity of sociology of science, and this paper highlights some of the possible reasons.

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A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Sociology of Science Philipp Frank’s ‘Good Nose’

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    2025年

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  • George Reisch,
  • Adam Tamas Tuboly

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This paper reconstructs some conceptual and institutional elements from Philipp Frank’s largely forgotten Research Project about the Sociology of Science. The project was organized by Frank at the Institute for the Unity of Science in the mid-1950s, and it involved scholars such as Robert K. Merton, Bernard Barber, Ernest Nagel, and Thomas Kuhn. Due to various circumstances, the group was unsuccessful in developing and shaping the cognitive and professional identity of sociology of science, and this paper highlights some of the possible reasons.