Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge: A New Beginning for Science and Technology Studies

Abstract

Contents: Introduction 2003. The More Things Remain the Same, the More They Change. Part I: The Players and the Position. The Players: STS, Rhetoric, Social Epistemology. The Position: Interdisciplinarity as Interpenetration. Part II: Interpenetration at Work. Incorporation, or Epistemology Emergent. Reflexion, or the Missing Mirror of the Social Sciences. Sublimation, or Some Hints on How to Be Cognitively Revolting. Excavation, or the Withering Away of History and Philosophy of Science and the Brave New World of Science and Technology Studies. Part III: Of Policy and Politics. Knowledge Policy: Where's the Playing Field? Knowledge Politics: What Position Shall I Play? Part IV: Some Worthy Opponents. Opposing the Relativist. Opposing the Antitheorist. Postcript: The World of Tomorrow, as Opposed to the World of Today. Appendix: Course Outlines for STS in a Rhetorical Key.

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