Introduction

Abstract

Just over 50 years ago, the National Science Foundation began to support “history and philosophy of science.” In 1960, programs in history and philosophy of science were begun at Princeton University and Indiana University. The phrase—and its acronym, “HPS”—soon became current. The History of Science Society and the Philosophy of Science Association began to hold joint annual meetings. All of these developments certainly suggested the coming to interdisciplinary fruition of a natural affinity between the two fields.