ABSTRACT
Science Studies is an interdisciplinary enterprise of philosophy, sociology and history of science which tries to investigate the genesis and the development of scientific knowledge both with respect to “internal” epistemic factors and to “external”, mainly social and historical factors. Due to the fact that the participating disciplines follow heterogenous concepts, the various theories of Science Studies are not only supplementary but partly competing. What is the respective explanation power of any participating theories? Where are possible links, opportunities for cooperation and integration between them? These questions should be answered in order to formulate concrete interdisciplinary projects.
