Steve Fuller
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Steve Fuller is a sociologist and philosopher of science known for his work in social epistemology and his critical engagement with the legacy of Thomas Kuhn.
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| Steve Fuller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1052310 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Fuller Context triple: [Thomas Kuhn, influenced, Steve Fuller]
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Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner is an American critical theorist and cultural studies scholar known for his analyses of media, technology, and contemporary society.
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David Reedy
David Reedy was one of the original New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
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Clive Loader
Clive Loader is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command.
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Martin Daly
Martin Daly is a prominent Canadian evolutionary psychologist known for his influential research on human conflict, violence, and family relationships from an evolutionary perspective.
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E.
Mario Bunge
Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Fuller Target entity description: Steve Fuller is a sociologist and philosopher of science known for his work in social epistemology and his critical engagement with the legacy of Thomas Kuhn.
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A.
Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner is an American critical theorist and cultural studies scholar known for his analyses of media, technology, and contemporary society.
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B.
David Reedy
David Reedy was one of the original New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
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C.
Clive Loader
Clive Loader is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command.
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D.
Martin Daly
Martin Daly is a prominent Canadian evolutionary psychologist known for his influential research on human conflict, violence, and family relationships from an evolutionary perspective.
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E.
Mario Bunge
Mario Bunge was an Argentine philosopher and physicist renowned for his rigorous defense of scientific realism and systematic, naturalistic philosophy across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| engagesCriticallyWith |
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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Thomas Kuhn ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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history of science ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ social epistemology ⓘ sociology of knowledge ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
philosophy
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science and technology studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
books on Thomas Kuhn and his legacy
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books on social epistemology ⓘ works on intelligent design and science ⓘ works on science and democracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates in philosophy of science
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social epistemology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Popper
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Robert K. Merton ⓘ Thomas Kuhn ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ classical sociology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical engagement with Thomas Kuhn's legacy
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debates on intelligent design and science ⓘ developing social epistemology as a field ⓘ public intellectual contributions on science and society ⓘ work on the sociology of scientific knowledge ⓘ writings on science policy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critique of Kuhnian paradigm theory
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proactive social design of scientific inquiry ⓘ social epistemology as a normative discipline ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionOnKuhn | critical of Kuhn's relativism ⓘ |
| positionOnScience | emphasizes social and normative dimensions of science ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
epistemic communities
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knowledge ⓘ public understanding of science ⓘ science ⓘ science policy ⓘ |
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