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KNOWING HUMANITY IN THE SOCIAL WORLD - FRANCIS ...

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.

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