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In this second edition of Steve Fuller's original work Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge: A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies, James Collier joins Fuller in developing an updated and accessible version of Fuller's classic volume. The new edition shifts focus slightly to balance the discussions of theory and practice, and the writing style is oriented to advanced students. It addresses the contemporary problems of knowledge to develop the basis for a more publicly accountable science. The resources of social epistemology are deployed to provide a positive agenda of research, teaching, and political action designed to bring out the best in both the ancient discipline of rhetoric and the emerging field of science and technology studies (STS). The authors reclaim and integrate STS and rhetoric to explore the problems of knowledge as a social process--problems of increasing public interest that extend beyond traditional disciplinary resources. In so doing, the differences among disciplines must be questioned (the exercise of STS) and the disciplinary boundaries must be renegotiated (the exercise of rhetoric). This book innovatively integrates a sophisticated theoretical approach to the social processes of creating knowledge with a developing pedagogical apparatus. The thought questions at the end of each chapter, the postscript, and the appendix allow the reader to actively engage the text in order to discuss and apply its theoretical insights. Creating new standards for interdisciplinary scholarship and communication, the authors bring numerous disciplines into conversation in formulating a new kind of rhetoric geared toward greater democratic participation in the knowledge-making process. This volume is intended for students and scholars in rhetoric of science, science studies, philosophy, and communication, and will be of interest in English, sociology, and knowledge management arenas as well.
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Second Edition
PHILOSOPHY, RHETORIC, AND THE
END
OF KNOWLEDGE A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies
STEVE FULLER • JAMES H. COLLIER
PHILOSOPHY, RHETORIC, AND THE END OF KNOWLEDGE A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies Second Edition
PHILOSOPHY, RHETORIC, AND THE END OF KNOWLEDGE A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies Second Edition
Steve Fuller University of Warwick, UK James H. Collier Virginia Tech
2004
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London
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Copyright © 2004 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means without the prior written consent of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, NJ 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fuller, Steve, 1959Philosophy, rhetoric and the end of knowledge: a new beginning for science and technology studies.— 2nd ed./Steve Fuller, James H. Collier. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-4767-7 (alk. Paper) ISBN 0-8058-4768-5 (pbk. : alk. Paper) 1. Science—Philosophy. 2. Science—Social aspects. 3. Knowledge, Theory of. 4. Rhetoric—Philosophy. 5. Social sciences—Philosophy. I. Collier, James H. II. Title. Q175.F926 2003 501—dc21 Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents Acknowledgments
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Introduction 2003: The More Things Remain the Same, the More They Change
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PART I: THE PLAYERS AND THE