Abstract
In this chapter, I explain how the journal Epistemological Letters helped the foundations of quantum mechanics consolidate as an important and respectable scientific field during a time when the discipline itself was not very well respected by the broader physics community. In particular, I show that the following five features of the journal played a significant role in helping the foundations of quantum mechanics flourish during the 1970s: (1) the subject matter, as this was the only journal completely dedicated to the foundations of quantum mechanics; (2) the interdisciplinary methodology encouraged by the journal and the institution behind it; (3) their efforts to reach out to anybody interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics, regardless of their department, position, or “academic status”; (4) the informal style of the journal, which facilitated an environment for open, frequent, and productive debates; (5) its high quality contributions.
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