Knowing Humanity in the Social World

The Path of Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-137-37489-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 373 g

This book examines Fuller’s pioneering vision of social epistemology. It focuses specifically on his work post-2000, which is founded in the changing conception of humanity and project into a ‘post-‘ or ‘trans-‘ human future. 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. 
While Fuller’s turn in this direction has invited at least as much criticism as his earlier work, to him the result is an extended sense of the knower, or ‘humanity 2.0’, which Fuller himself identifies with transhumanism. The authors assess Fuller’s work on the following issues: Science and Technology Studies (STS), the university and intellectual life, neo-liberal political economy, intelligent design, Cosmism, Gnosticism, agent-oriented epistemology, proactionary vs precautionary principles and Welfare State 2.0.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dusek, Val

Remedios, Francis X

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.