The Unity of Science in the Arabic Tradition: Science, Logic, Epistemology and their Interactions

the demise of the logical positivism programme. The answers given to these qu— tions have deepened the already existing gap between philosophy and the history and practice of science. While the positivists argued for a spontaneous, steady and continuous growth of scientific knowledge the post—positivists make a strong case for a fundamental discontinuity in the development of science which can only be explained by extrascientific factors. The political, social and cultural environment, the ...