Social Epistemology — Steve Fuller / Serious Science

Philosopher and sociologist of science Steve Fuller on collective and individualistic nature of knowledge, elitist knowledge production, and distinctive features of academic knowledge Read the full text on our website: http://serious-science.org/social-epi... 'I think there’s a general recognition that knowledge is something that in the first instance is produced by a relatively elite group of people. Then the question becomes how are those elite made accountable to a larger society that depends upon the knowledge that those elite produce.' Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology in the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Changing Nature of Knowledge in the Internet Epoch: http://serious-science.org/changing-n... End of Knowledge: http://serious-science.org/end-of-kno... Be the first to find out about our new videos and articles. Learn interesting facts about various topics and people. Discover the answers to the big questions. Be in the know. http://serious-science.org/ Follow us: We are on Patreon:   / seriousscience   Facebook —   / serious.science.org   Twitter —   / scienceserious   YouTube —    / seriousscience   Instagram —   / serious.science   Tumblr —   / serious-science   VK — https://vk.com/seriousscience