Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller's Social EpistemologyThe first book to provide an in-depth examination of Steve Fuller's politically oriented social epistemology, Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge compares Fuller's social epistemology with other interest-oriented and truth-oriented social epistemologies. The result is a carefully argued, in-depth analysis of the work of a groundbreaking philosopher of science. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Fullers Social Epistemology and Naturalistic Epistemology | 11 |
2 Naturalistic Epistemology as a Response to the Epistemic Circle | 13 |
3 Minimal and Maximal Social Epistemologies | 15 |
4 Embodiment of Knowledge | 18 |
5 Fullers Normative Project | 20 |
InterestOriented Social Epistemology | 29 |
3 Epistemology Socialized The Strong Program | 30 |
6 Fuller on Kuhns Antinormativity | 68 |
7 Knowledge Policy | 71 |
8 Fullers Knowledge Policy Analyst | 74 |
9 Two Types of Hypothetical Policy Norms | 75 |
10 Roths Criticism of Fullers Norms | 76 |
11 Rouses Criticisms of Fullers Notion of Knowledge Policy | 78 |
12 The Governance of Science | 79 |
Instrumental Rationality Success of Science and Accountability in Science | 85 |
4 The Influence of Wittgenstein on the Strong Program | 33 |
5 The Strong Program and Naturalism | 34 |
6 The Strong Program and Kuhn | 39 |
7 The Strong Program and Relativism | 40 |
9 Fuller on Relativism | 43 |
Politically Oriented Social Epistemologies | 47 |
A Deflationary Notion of Scientific Knowledge as Practice | 49 |
4 Fullers Position | 51 |
5 Fuller vs Rouse | 56 |
6 Solving the Problem of Epistemic Sovereignty | 58 |
The Role of Norms in Science and Science Policy | 63 |
2 The Problem of Cognitive Bias | 64 |
3 Quines Engineering Option | 65 |
5 Fullers Genealogical Account of Epistemic Norms | 67 |
2 Instrumental Rationality | 86 |
3 Arguments against Scientific Realism and Convergent Realism on the Success of Science | 87 |
4 Invisible Hand Explanations for the Success of Science | 93 |
5 Science Accounting | 95 |
TruthOriented Social Epistemology and Final Considerations | 103 |
2 Epistemic Circle | 104 |
4 Reflexivity | 106 |
6 Fuller on Kuhn | 112 |
7 An Amendment to Fullers Notion of the Knowledge Policy Analyst | 116 |
8 Significance of Fullers Politically Oriented Epistemology | 117 |
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