Ludwik Fleck and his concept of a scientific fact

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dc.contributor.authorLittle, Michelle Y.en
dc.contributor.committeechairPitt, Joseph C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBurian, Richard M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHardcastle, Gary L.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhilosophyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:46Zen
dc.date.adate2009-05-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:46Zen
dc.date.issued1995-08-30en
dc.date.rdate2009-05-09en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-09en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I explore the concept of a scientific fact through the work of Polish physician Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961). Fleck has had an alleged influence upon contemporary philosophy of science, primarily through the work of Thomas Kuhn with subsequent echoes from the direction of the sociology of science. Most writers, however, have restricted their focus upon only one of Fleck's publications, The Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (1935), and have highlighted the Polish philosophical community as a primary influence upon Fleck's ideas. I argue in this thesis that since Fleck was a doctor by trade, his views must be understood in the context of the medical issues and philosophy of medicine of his time. Furthermore, in order to appreciate Fleck's concept of a scientific fact, one must turn to his other philosophical works. A more judicious picture of Fleck and his concept of a scientific fact is provided by this analysis even though, I conclude, his approach remains philosophically unsatisfactory.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentiv, 112 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05092009-040457en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092009-040457/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42544en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.L578.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34303748en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectsocial constructivismen
dc.subjectflecken
dc.subjectfactsen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.L578en
dc.titleLudwik Fleck and his concept of a scientific facten
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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