Smaller sections are devoted to discussions of current topics, reports on conferences, countries and special topics, as well as to book reviews.

The journal was founded by Alwin Diemer, Lutz Geldsetzer and Gert König.

It first appeared in 1970 under the heading Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie / Journal for General Philosophy of Science with Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden.

Since 2017, the editors are Claus Beisbart (Universität Bern), Helmut Pulte (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) and Thomas Reydon (Leibniz Universität Hannover).

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