Philosophy Of Science And Its Discontents

by Steve Fuller

Overview

The most important and exciting recent development in the philosophy of science is its merging with the sociology of scientific knowledge. Here is the first text book to make this development available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367282899
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Steve Fuller, Ph.D., teaches in the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and in the Communications Department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the founding and executive editor of the journal, Social Epistemology, and the author of three books including Philosophy of Science and Its Discontents.

Table of Contents

Introduction — Mythical Naturalism and Anemic Normativism: A Look at the Status Quo — Reposing the Naturalistic Question: What Is Knowledge? — Reposing the Normative Question: What Ought Knowledge Be? — Coda

Editorial Reviews

The author, whose intellectual/prose style is vigorous and good- naturedly contentious (he is an assistant professor of "science studies" at VPI, and editor of Social epistemology; a journal of knowledge, culture and policy), argues that the recently dominant "internalist" approach to the history and philosophy of science promotes what is essentially a myth, and that understanding the development and structure of science is properly the business of sociology and psychology. The remarkable table of contents provides what amounts to an abstract of his argument. Provocative. One gains, however, the impression that the author's direct and personal experience of science is distinctly limited, that he has possibly never met a living/working scientist, and that the enduring residue of what he has to say is likely to be slight. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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