Steve Fuller.
Philosophy of Science and Its Discontents: 2nd edn.
Guildford Press. 1993
This work draws on the most recent developments in the social sciences
to inform a normative approach to the philosophy of science.
Fuller argues that philosophers of science need to take more seriously
the psychological and sociological constraints on human rationality
that make the production of knowledge an unavoidably imperfect enterprise.
Designed for classroom use, this edition opens with a “map of the field,” which critically surveys specific schools and leaders in the psychology and sociology of science, the philosophy of the special sciences, and the challenges that rhetoric, feminism, and other “metascientific” approaches pose to the philosophy of science. In addition, the author includes a response to critics of his position in an accessible question-and-answer format.
An ideal philosophy book for social scientists teaching methodology courses, this volume is also an excellent resource for philosophers who wish to keep up to date with the latest developments in the philosophy of science.