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  1. Freedom, Democracy and Science.Dhruv Raina - 2023 - Paragrana: Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie 32 (1):153-167.
    The development of democracy and the development of science are not in a simple causal relationship. Rather, history shows that science can also develop in non-democratic and autocratic societies. Given the production conditions of scientific knowledge, the natural and technical sciences, for example, need well-equipped laboratories and technical equipment. Scientists in many disciplines can only do their work in institutions that provide them with access to the facilities necessary for their research. The freedom of scientific research and its protection from (...)
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  • What’s Wrong with Invisible-Hand Explanations?David L. Hull - 1997 - Philosophy of Science 64 (4):126.
    An invisible hand seems to play an important role in science. In this paper I set out the general structure of invisible-hand explanations, counter some objections that have been raised to them, and detail the role that they play in science. The most important issue is the character of the mechanisms that are supposed to bring about invisible-hand effects.
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  • The normative failure of Fuller's social epistemology.Heidi E. Grasswick - 2001 - Social Epistemology 16 (2):133 – 148.
    One of the major themes of Steve Fuller's project of social epistemology is a reconciliation of the normative concerns of epistemologists with the empirical concerns of sociologists of knowledge. Fuller views social epistemologists as knowledge policy makers, who will provide direction for improvements in the cognitive division of labour. However, this paper argues that Fuller's conception of knowledge production and his approval of a panglossian approach to epistemology fail to provide the normative force he claims, and leave us unable to (...)
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  • The normative failure of Fuller's social epistemology.Heidi E. Grasswick - 2002 - Social Epistemology 16 (2):133-148.
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  • The voices of rhetoric and politics in social epistemology: For a critical-rationalist multiculturalism.Steve Fuller - 1995 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 25 (4):512-522.
    Although Wes Shrum advertised my critics as representing quite distinct points of view, they nevertheless managed to converge on a set of concerns that revolve around the meanings of "rhetoric," "politics," and "multiculturalism" in the project of social epistemology. Either the critics were not chosen correctly or the book under discussion is quite obviously flawed! Rather than make that Hobson's choice, I will address my critics' concerns in a way that I hope will prove illuminating to other normatively oriented theorists (...)
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  • On the motives for the new sociology of science.Steve Fuller - 1995 - History of the Human Sciences 8 (2):117-124.
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  • Divining the Future of Social Theory: From Theology to Rhetoric Via Social Epistemology.Steve Fuller - 1998 - European Journal of Social Theory 1 (1):107-126.
    The fertility of contemporary social theory is matched only by its problematic relationship to its past. The future of social theory therefore lies with a renegotiation of that relationship. I begin by unearthing the theological origins of theorizing and its secularization as epistemology in the 19th century. I then provide an account of the recent renaissance in social theory - epitomized by the various `structure-agency' debates - that reveals its intellectual kinship to scholastic theology. I diagnose this scholasticism in terms (...)
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  • Can knowledge have a happy ending?Steve Fuller - 1998 - Social Epistemology 12 (1):89 – 94.
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