Knowing Use: An Analysis of Epistemic Functionality in Synthetic Biology

Social Epistemology 35 (5):475-489 (2021)
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Many things that humans put together humans also put to use. Among these are certain forms of knowledge. Science studies and the sociology of knowledge have contributed great insight into scientist...

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10.1080/02691728.2020.1843198

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