Abstract
A distinction is made between three concepts of science: science as a particular form of knowledge, as an institution, and as an idea. These concepts are linked to three aspects of philosophy of science: logic of science, sociology of science, and ethics of science. The discussion focusses on the problematic relation between logic of science (philosophy of science in its central meaning) and sociology of science (or science of science). Further topics: (1) The distinction between the ‚research form‘ and the ‚theory form‘ of science. While analyses in the philosophy of science are first of all oriented towards the ‚theory form‘ of science (under the concepts of the theory structure, theory dynamics, and theory explication), it is the ‚research form‘ of science which will be of growing importance now. (2) Different approaches in the philosophy of science lead to different models of (scientific) rationality (the models of fallibilism, historism, and structuralism). (3) It is argued that philosophy and sociology of science are the area in which science may regain its status as a planning subject.
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