Knowing Humanity in the Social World

The Path of Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Chapters treat especially Fuller’s provocative response to the changing boundary conditions of the knower due to anticipated changes in humanity coming from the nanosciences, neuroscience, synthetic biology and computer technology and end on an interview with Fuller himself.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-29
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:373 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:179
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137374899

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Val Dusek is author of The Holistic Inspirations of Science, Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction and co-edited with Robert Scharff Philosophy of Technology, The Technological Condition. Dusek has previously written on C. S. Peirce, Marxism, the Science Wars, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology.Francis X Remedios is author of Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: Steve Fuller’s Social Epistemology and numerous articles on Steve Fuller and social epistemology.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Agent-Oriented Social Epistemology.- Chapter 2. Fuller's Relation to STS.- Chapter 3. University and Interdisciplinarity.- Chapter 4. Fuller’s Intelligent Design.- Chapter 5. Fuller’s Cosmism and Gnosticism.- Chapter 6. Proactionary vs. Precautionary Principles.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.- Chapter 8. Postscript – Interview with Steve Fuller.