Simon fomented a debate about the of certain epistemic traditions or approaches to study and theory building that continues to mire the field even today, influencing the development or, conceptualization of other more appropriately, the intellectual undertakings in the field (e.g., policy analysis and public man agement, which are addressed in chapter 3). But could a field built on pragmatism be studied from the standpoint of "science," as traditionally defined in the social sciences?