" The most interesting entry point to the demarcation problem in science since Popper's
seminal formulation."--Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, Durham …

As a function of industrialization, scientific revolution (s), and professional specialization,
contemporary culture is thoroughly reliant on experts. The idea of expertise serves as a …

Persuasion in Society, Third Edition introduces readers to the rich tapestry of persuasive
technique and scholarship, interweaving rhetorical, critical theory, and social science …

A key element in the government's attempt to get Americans to accept nuclear deterrence
strategy in the 1950s and 1960s was the campaign for civil defense, especially the building …

Demonstrating Richard Rorty's breadth of scholarship and his influence on diverse issues
across the social sciences and humanities, this comprehensive bibliography contains 1,165 …

This essay offers an application of Richard Rorty's anti‐foundationalist pragmatism to
critique some contemporary work in rhetorical theory, criticism, and philosophy of rhetoric …

Fuller's program of social epistemology engages a rhetoric of inquiry that can be usefully
compared and contrasted with other discursive theories of knowledge, such as that of …

Constitutive and epistemic functions of rhetoric and metaphor in science are explicated
through developmental study of change in conceptual metaphors within the discipline and …

Doing bourgeois philosophy at the end of history: Richard Rorty on philosophy, politics and
persuasion. (Volumes I and II) Doing bourgeois philosophy at the end of history: Richard Rorty …

Richard Rorty is best known for his critique of the Western Philosophical Tradition. However,
there is very little known or written about his early philosophical thinking before his break …