Knowing Humanity in the Social World
The Path of Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2018
XVI, 179 pages
978-1-137-37490-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Steve Fuller's "Social Epistemology" has morphed into a contemporary concern with the future of the knowing agent (indeed, of mankind) as exemplified in contemporary transhumanism -- or what Fuller calls Humanity 2.0. The nature of this shift constituted a puzzle for many scholars during the last decade. Remedios' and Dusek's book carefully and accurately address the conceptual process, ideological context and very character of this shift. It is therefore a required text for grasping both the complex nature of Fuller's work and the reasons behind his subsequent philosophical 'turn'." (Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson, PhD, Humber College and Seneca College, Toronto)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XVI, 179 p. 1 illus.
File size
1,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-37490-5 (9781137374905)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-37490-5
Schweitzer Classification
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Francis X. Remedios | Val Dusek
Knowing Humanity in the Social World
The Path of Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology
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Persons
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.
Francis X Remedios is author of Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology and numerous articles on Steve Fuller and social epistemology.
Content
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.
