Martin Kusch (born 19 October 1959)
is Professor of philosophy at the
University of Vienna
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. Until 2009, Kusch was Professor of
Philosophy
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and
Sociology of science
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at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at
Cambridge University
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. Prior to Cambridge, Kusch was lecturer in the
Science Studies
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Unit of the
University of Edinburgh
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.
Biography
Kusch's wide-ranging contributions to philosophy reflect both systematic and historical interests and cut across traditional disciplinary divides. He has published in the
philosophy of the social sciences,
epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...
,
philosophy of language
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and mind, philosophy of the
natural sciences
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,
philosophy of technology
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Philosophical discussion of questions relating to technology (or its Greek ancestor ''techne'') dates back to the very dawn of ...
, and the history of German and Austrian philosophy.
Kusch has also made important contributions to
science and technology studies
Science and technology studies (STS) or science, technology, and society is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts.
Histo ...
, particularly in the field of the
sociology of scientific knowledge
The sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) is the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing with "the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity." The sociology ...
.
In addition, Kusch has written on the history of science with a special reference to the history of German
psychology
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.
In 2005, he delivered the Leibniz Lectures at
Leibniz University Hannover
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.
Selected publications
Books
* Reports from the Philosophy Department of the University of Jyväskylä.
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References
External links
Kusch's web page
1959 births
20th-century German philosophers
21st-century German philosophers
Academics of the University of Cambridge
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Living people
Sociologists of science
Academic staff of the University of Vienna
German male writers
European Research Council grantees
German epistemologists
Moral relativists
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