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Self-Fulfilling Science (Hardcover)
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Self-Fulfilling Science (Hardcover)
Series: Epistemic Studies
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Claims that science may becoming 'self-fulfilling' through its
impact on objects of study have recently risen to prominence.
Despite radical statements about the supposed consequences of such
accounts, however, the central notion of scientific
self-fulfillment has remained obscure, leading to skewed views of
its actual prevalence and significance. Self-Fulfilling Science
illuminates this underexplored phenomenon, drawing on insights from
philosophy of science to address questions of its
conceptualization, prevalence, and significance. The book
critically engages with the popular notion that economic theories
of homo economicus exhibit self-fulfillment, and explores its
relevance to various metaphysical, ethical, and epistemic issues.
Extreme claims of fundamental incompatibility with our usual
notions of scientific success are ill-founded. Instead,
self-fulfillment's true epistemic significance lies in more local,
nuanced philosophical issues such as theory evaluation and the
thesis of underdetermination. In presenting a novel framework, this
book facilitates deeper engagement with the developing field of
self-fulfilling science, and is of interest to philosophers of
science, social scientists, and social constructionists.
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