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	Social constructionism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Socially constructed reality is seen as an ongoing, dynamic process; reality is re-produced by people acting on their interpretations and their knowledge of it.
		Social constructionism is dialectically opposed to essentialism, the belief that there are defining transhistorical essences independent of conscious beings that determine the categorical structure of reality.
		Within social constructionist thought, a social construction, or social construct, is an idea which may appear to be natural and obvious to those who accept it, but in reality is an invention or artifact of a particular culture or society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Social_constructionism (1992 words)

	Social Epistemology
		Social epistemology is theoretically significant because of the central role of society in the knowledge-forming process.
		Social epistemology would identify and evaluate social processes by which epistemic subjects interact with other agents who exert causal influence on their beliefs.
		The social character of Longino's approach is reflected in her insistence that objectivity is a characteristic of a community's scientific practice rather than a characteristic of an individual scientist, for objectivity refers to the avoidance of individual subjectivity or bias.
	www.science.uva.nl /~seop/archives/sum2004/entries/epistemology-social (7000 words)

	Social epistemology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Social epistemology is a sub-branch of Epistemology which is the branch of philosophy that deals with knowledge.
		Social epistemology can be roughly characterised as the study of the social dimensions of knowledge.
		1) The non-radical approach to social epistemology is essentially the study of the contribution of various social mechanisms to the growth of knowledge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Social_epistemology (528 words)

	Social epistemology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Social epistemology is a sub-branch of (The philosophical theory of knowledge) Epistemology which is the branch of philosophy that deals with (The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning) knowledge.
		It is possible to split Social epistemologists into two broad camps: the (A person who has radical ideas or opinions) radical and the non-radical.
		One central topic in social epistemology is " (A solemn statement made under oath) testimony," construed broadly i.e.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/social_epistemology.htm (390 words)

	HPS Research Methods Guide: Social Epistemology
		Social epistemology is the philosophical study of the relevance of communities to knowledge.
		Most social epistemologists recognise that social epistemology is closely related to the sociology of knowledge.
		Social epistemology is a relatively recent addition to philosophy.
	www.hps.cam.ac.uk /research/se.html (827 words)

	Social epistemology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Goldman (2001) defines “Social epistemology is the study of the social dimensions of knowledge or information”, while Schmitt (1998) writes that “Social epistemology is the conceptual and normative study of the relevance toknowledge of social relations, interests and institutions.
		Social epistemology revolves around the question of whether knowledge is to be understood individualistically or socially”.
		Social epistemology seems thus to be defined 1) in opposition to individualistic epistemologies 2) in opposition to empirical studies (e.g.
	www.db.dk /jni/lifeboat/Positions/Social%20epistemology.htm (621 words)

	Social Constructionist Epistemology
		At the heart of humanistic psychology is a theory of knowledge (known in the jargon of philosophy as an "epistemology").
		Social constructionism, argues that the authority of knowledge ultimately derives from a "knowledge community" of people who agree about the truth.
		A useful exposition of the social constructionist approach to psychology, and approach which is then used to construct a social history of psychotherapy in the United States.
	www.skaggs-island.org /humanistic/epistemology.html (3968 words)

	The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge
		Study of the social dimensions of scientific knowledge encompasses the effects of scientific research on human life and social relations, the effects of social relations and values on scientific research, and the social aspects of inquiry itself.
		Popper is often treated as a precursor of social epistemology because of his emphasis on the importance of criticism in the development of scientific knowledge.
		The social character of science is understood as a matter of the aggregation of individuals, not their interactions, and public knowledge as simply the additive outcome of many individuals making sound epistemic judgments.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/scientific-knowledge-social (5029 words)

	Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
		The central concept of feminist epistemology is that of a situated knower, and hence of situated knowledge: knowledge that reflects the particular perspectives of the subject.
		The logic of an epistemology that grounds epistemic privilege in oppression is to identify the multiply oppressed as multiply epistemically privileged.
		Social and political movements are thought to threaten autonomy because their primary influence on science is thought to consist in pressuring scientists to ignore the facts and validate their worldviews.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/feminism-epistemology (18700 words)

	ipedia.com: Social epistemology Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Social epistemology is essentially the study of what significant contributions are made by various social mechanisms to our gaining of knowledge or other epistemically valuable qualities.
		Social epistemology is essentially the study of what significant contributions are made by various social mechanisms to our gaining of knowledge or other epistemically valuable qualities (e.g., justified, warranted, or rational belief).
		One central question in social epistemology is: assuming that we are very often justified in believing something based on the testimony of other people, where does this justification come from, and in particular, does it necessarily come from some observations we have of those other people's reliability?
	www.ipedia.com /social_epistemology.html (161 words)

	Goldman Education and Social Epistemology
		I have characterized my form of epistemology as "veritistic" epistemology, but the title of my paper makes reference to social epistemology, and I have not fully explained what that is. I think of individual and social epistemology as two sectors of the subject.
		Social epistemology studies the social or interactive practices of multiple agents in order to see how their interactions encourage or obstruct knowledge acquisition.
		A second category of social practices are the inferential practices of hearers who try to decide how much to trust what speakers say, assessing their credibility on the topic in question and their competence compared with other speakers and possible knowledge sources.
	www.ed.uiuc.edu /EPS/PES-Yearbook/95_docs/goldman.html (5979 words)

	20th WCP: Defending Longino's Social Epistemology
		science is socially constructed in the sense that the congruence of a hypothesis or theory with the social interests of the members of a scientific community determines its acceptance by that community (rather than a congruence of theory/hypothesis with the world).
		Because Longino distinguishes between (1) social factors that permit transformative criticism and (2) merely subjective preferences, she is not guilty of the incoherence that Schmitt identifies.
		Though Longino rejects the notion of a "transcendent social entity," there is a sense in which her account of inquiry is not aptly described as individualistic.
	www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/TKno/TKnoWray.htm (3398 words)

	A Routledge Journal: Social Epistemology - Instructions for Authors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Social Epistemology provides a forum for philosophical and social scientific enquiry that incorporates the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines who share a concern with the production, assessment and validation of knowledge.
		Social Epistemology considers all manuscripts on condition they are the property (copyright) of the submitting author(s) and that copyright will be transferred to Social Epistemology if the paper is accepted.
		Social Epistemology considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to Social Epistemology, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication, nor in press elsewhere.
	www.tandf.co.uk /journals/authors/rsepauth.asp (2784 words)

	Social epistemology Article, Socialepistemology Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Social epistemology is essentially the study of what significant contributions are made by various social mechanisms toour gaining of knowledge or other epistemically valuable qualities (e.g., justified, warranted, or rational belief).
		One central topic in social epistemology is " testimony," construed broadly--i.e., the habit we have of learning stuff from otherpeople.
		One central question in social epistemology is: assuming that we are very often justified in believing something based onthe testimony of other people, where does this justification come from, and in particular, does it necessarily come from someobservations we have of those other people's reliability?
	www.anoca.org /people/one/social_epistemology.html (156 words)

	Library Trends: "A brilliant mind": Margaret Egan and social epistemology
		They thus define social epistemology as "the study of those processes by which society as a whole seeks to achieve a perceptive or understanding relation to the total environment" (Egan and Shera, 1952, p.
		The ultimate goal or end of library service--informed social action--is explicitly identified, and the extent to which bibliographic services contribute to this end is established as the primary criterion by which they may be evaluated.
		The term "social epistemology" is used in the published literature for what appears to be the first time--a full thirty-five years before philosophers such as Goldman and Fuller will reclaim the term from the librarians (see, for example, Goldman, 1987; Fuller, 1988).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1387/is_4_52/ai_n7074027 (1288 words)

	Origins of knowledge (from epistemology) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Epistemology has had a long history, spanning the time from the pre-Socratic Greeks to the present.
		Motivates the discussion by defining the central question in epistemology and continues by examining the answers of various philosophers and schools of philosophy from Plato to the present day.
		Addresses issues in the individual and social modes of acquisition, teaching, and dissemination of knowledge.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-59224 (892 words)

	Julie Thompson Klein : Notes Toward a Social Epistemology of Transdisciplinarity
		I study the social epistemology of knowledge practices.
		Social epistemology attempts to reconcile normative philosophy with an empirical sociology of knowledge (Fuller l988).
		The list of new knowledges spans operations research, biochemistry, and molecular biology; environmental studies, peace research, and cognitive science; social psychology, policy sciences, and area studies; women's studies, cultural studies, and the transformation of older disciplines of literary studies, history, and art history.
	nicol.club.fr /ciret/bulletin/b12/b12c2.htm (2136 words)

	A Routledge Journal: Social Epistemology - Instructions for Authors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The journal covers both empirical research into the origination and transmission of knowledge and normative considerations which arise as such research is implemented, serving as a guide for directing contemporary knowledge enterprises.
		However, note also that Social Epistemology does not aspire to be international in the ways that McDonald’s restaurants or Hilton Hotels are ‘international’; we much prefer papers that, where appropriate, reflect the particularities of each higher education system.
		Social Epistemology is sparing in its use of the upper case in headings and references, e.g.
	www.tandf.co.uk /journals/authors/r-authors/sepauth.html (2784 words)

	The KLI Theory Lab - Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
		Each issue is dedicated to a particular theme chosen by the editors, with the advice of the editorial board, designed to appeal to both academic specialists and a broader scholarly audience.
		Particular attention is paid to the role of mathematical, logical and linguistic methods in the general methodology of science and the foundations of the different sciences, be they physical, biological, behavioral or social.
		An interdepartmental program jointly implemented by the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law of the National Technical University of Athens and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Athens.
	www.kli.ac.at /theorylab/Areas/EPPS.html (2449 words)

	Phillips Scylla, Charybdis, and Social Epistemology: A Response to Alvin Goldman
		It was only at this stage that Professor Goldman introduced his conception of social epistemology: the study of the social or interactive practices of multiple agents to determine how such practices encourage or obstruct knowledge acquisition.
		He also suggested that, seen from the perspective of social epistemics, a good argument must be sensitive to the members of the intended audience and their capacity for appreciating the considerations that are presented -- a point of obvious educational relevance.
		To return to Professor Goldman's paper: While he acknowledged in passing that one of the aims of education was to enable students to acquire intellectual skills, the bulk of his discussion focused upon knowledge, and upon the giving of reasons for acceptance of beliefs.
	www.ed.uiuc.edu /EPS/PES-Yearbook/95_docs/phillips.html (1583 words)

	Social Epistemology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		his is the book that launched the research program of social epistemology, which has fueled imaginations and provoked debates across many disciplines around the world.
		The second edition contains a substantial new introduction, in which Steve Fuller reflects on social epistemology's place in the history of analytic and continental epistemology and discusses the inspiration he has drawn from a wide variety of fields in the humanities and social sciences.
		Trained in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science, he is the founding editor of the journal Social Epistemology and has promoted social epistemology as an interdisciplinary project in seven books, including the controversial Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times (2000) and most recently Knowledge Management Foundations (2001).
	www.indiana.edu /~iupress/books/0-253-34069-1.shtml (203 words)

	Excite Deutschland - - Social > Epistemology > Philosophy > Society (Web-Katalog)
		Goldman gives a veritistic account of social epistemology - where social practices are assessed for their capacities to promote truth, and explain his consequent views on educational practices.
		Feminist Epistemology critically analyses the bias of gender and social hierarchies on knowledge production; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Elizabeth Anderson.
		Social Epistemology - A journal of knowledge, culture and policy
	www.excite.de /directory/Society/Philosophy/Epistemology/Social (176 words)

	HJG: Social epistemology: a journal of knowledge, culture and policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HJG: Social epistemology: a journal of knowledge, culture and policy
		Social epistemology: a journal of knowledge, culture and policy
		Provides a forum for philosophical and social scientific enquiry that incorporates the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines who share a concern with the production, assessment and validation of knowledge.
	www.history-journals.de /journals/hjg-s00129.html (135 words)

	Internet.Epistemology
		Science, like knowledge in general, is an inherently social enterprise in which achieving truth and avoiding error gains enormously from feedback that Internet technologies can help to provide.
		At the other extreme, there is the real and frightening prospect of students and other people wasting electronic resources to fill their heads with nonsense gleaned from the many worthless sites on the Web.
		Internet Epistemology includes the highly critical task of examining and evaluating the large quantities of pseudoscience that the Web is being used to promulgate.
	cogsci.uwaterloo.ca /Articles/Pages/Epistemology.html (6398 words)

	Discourse Synthesis : Studies in Historical and Contemporary Social Epistemology
		As this edited collection makes clear, inquiry is a social system and knowledge is socially constructed.
		To understand the nature of inquiry in a particular discourse community, one must look at its social dimensions, that is, the qualities of personal craftmanship and community affiliation inherent in the work of the writers.
		And, of course, each discourse community maintains its own standards and norms, determines what subject matter is appropriate for investigation and explanation, how that subject matter is examined, what constitutes evidence, and, in discourse, what claims are to be regarded as valid.
	www.allbookstores.com /book/0275970701 (173 words)

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	EPISTEME: Journal of Social Epistemology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Steve Fuller (Warwick) Descriptive vs Revisionary Social Epistemology: the Former as Seen by the Latter
		Hilary Kornblith (Massachusetts) Social Prerequisites for the Proper Function of Individual Reason
		Uskali Mäki (Erasmus) Social Epistemology and Economics: Hope and Horror
	www.episteme.us.com /volume1.htm (216 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first book to provide an in-depth examination of Steve Fuller's politically oriented social epistemology, Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge compares Fuller's social epistemology with other interest-oriented and truth-oriented social epistemologies.
		The result is a carefully argued, in-depth analysis of the work of a groundbreaking philosopher of science.
		Top of Page : Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0739106678 (158 words)

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