布鲁尔认为可把维特根斯坦看做与迪尔凯姆、韦伯、默顿等人并驾齐驱的社会学先驱,而且科学知识社会学的理论和应用显然可以追溯到20世纪的哲学伟人之一维特根斯坦的著作。布鲁尔对维特根斯坦的后期理论,特别是遵守规则等概念进行了社会学角度的阐释和引用,布鲁尔的社会学有限论就是在遵守规则理论的基础上进行了扩展和解读。 Brewer believes that Wittgenstein can be seen as a sociological pioneer with Durkheim, Weber, Merton and others, and the theory and application of Sociology of Sociology of Knowledge can be traced back to one of the great philosopher of the 20th century Witt Engelstein’s book. Brewer interpreted and quoted Wittgenstein’s later theory, especially the concept of obeying the rules from the perspective of sociology. Brewer’s limited theory of sociology was extended and interpreted on the basis of observing the rule theory.