Epistemology in the face of strong sociology of knowledge

Advocates of the strong programme in the sociology of knowledge contend tha t its four defining tenets entail the elimination and replacement tout cour t of epistemology by strong sociology of knowledge. I advance a naturalisti c conception of both substantive and meta- level epistemological inquiry wh ich fully complies with these four tenets and thereby shows that the strong programme neither entails nor even augurs the demise of epistemology.