Science in the Face of the Post-Truth Condition
The Challenge of Steve Fuller’s Social Epistemology
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This book examines and critiques Steve Fuller’s social epistemology on his study of four ways to understand the nature of post-truth: way one’s understanding is an epistemic crisis in which emotion has taken over and facts are irrelevant; way two’s understanding is a legitimation crisis of cognitive authority of science on the legitimation and delegitimation of knowledge claims; way three’s understanding is the Internet and social media have led to the democratization of knowledge; way four’s understanding is the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the changing boundaries of the knower.
Though Fuller is known for his early social epistemology on how knowledge should be organized, and for his later social epistemology on a post-human future and the impact of AI on the changing boundaries of the knower, his position on the nature of post-truth brings together his early and later social epistemology into a coherent project. This book situates and carefully addresses the critics of Fuller’s work in the context of ongoing crises of authority in science and technology studies, expertise, the university, democracy, and the mass media.
Francis Remedios is a Canadian independent scholar with a PhD from Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven. His research areas are social epistemology, philosophy of science and philosophy of the social sciences. His 2018 book, Knowing Humanity in the Social World and his 2003 book, Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge, are on Steve Fuller's social epistemology. He has published several articles and book reviews on social epistemology and he is a member of the editorial board of the journal Social Epistemology.
This book examines and critiques Steve Fuller’s social epistemology on his study of four ways to understand the nature of post-truth: way one’s understanding is an epistemic crisis in which emotion has taken over and facts are irrelevant; way two’s understanding is a legitimation crisis of cognitive authority of science on the legitimation and delegitimation of knowledge claims; way three’s understanding is the Internet and social media have led to the democratization of knowledge; way four’s understanding is the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the changing boundaries of the knower.
Though Fuller is known for his early social epistemology on how knowledge should be organized, and for his later social epistemology on a post-human future and the impact of AI on the changing boundaries of the knower, his position on the nature of post-truth brings together his early and later social epistemology into a coherent project. This book situates and carefully addresses the critics of Fuller’s work in the context of ongoing crises of authority in science and technology studies, expertise, the university, democracy, and the mass media.
Offers a unique summary and synthesis of post-truth based on Steve Fuller’s social epistemology Provides a fresh analysis of Fuller's views on the legitimation of scientific knowledge and post-truth Presents a valuable new teaching and research resource on Steve Fuller's work
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