Sociology and epistemology

Abstract

The thesis I want to raise, or I would rather like to suggest, as a subject of discussion, without rushing into a solid argument in its favor which is inspired intuitively, probably is the result of years of work on epistemological issues, using the sociological perspective for this purpose. In the search for fundamental basis of science and sociology in particular, I am increasingly convinced, that the idea of sociology as a fundamental science could be one of the sequels of epistemology. This probably sounds like a cliché as “any science is epistemology”, but I dare say that there are reasons, background, and it may be said, that the first step was made by the philosophy of positivism and the evolution and formation of sociology as an independent science, but also continued in the tradition of the sociology of knowledge.