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Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game (Anthem, 2018) and most recently, Media and the Power of Knowledge (Bloomsbury 2025).

Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game (Anthem, 2018) and most recently, Media and the Power of Knowledge (Bloomsbury 2025).

Steve Fuller Videos

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Steve Fuller,Polly Toynbee,Hilary Lawson,Rae Langton

The Future of the Post-Truth World

Is the era of objective truth over?
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Steve Fuller,Rupert Sheldrake,Angela Saini,Peter Atkins,Danielle Sands

Seeing how it is

Can empirical observation lead us to the truth?
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Angie Hobbs,Kwasi Kwarteng,Phillip Collins,Steve Fuller

The Myths of Meritocracy

Should we reward intelligence?
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Steve Fuller,David Malone,Angela Saini,Natalie Kofler

Evolutionary Masters of the Universe

How gene editing technology will change humanity
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Steve Fuller,Jonathan Derbyshire,David Malone,Lewis Wolpert

Hawking vs. Philosophy

Has science killed philosophy?

Steve Fuller Articles

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Steve Fuller

Socrates vs Jesus
steve fully media power and the internet
Steve Fuller

Truth is dead, and that's a good thing
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Steve Fuller

In Defence of Post-Truth
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Steve Fuller

Authenticity, Reality and Being
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Steve Fuller

Creating the Covid-19 story
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Steve Fuller

Wisdom is overrated

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Steve Fuller,Finn Mackay,Simon Glendinning,Sam Roddick,Alison Stone

Philosophy in the Bedroom

Exploring pain and pleasure
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Roger Penrose,Hilary Lawson,Iain McGilchrist,Steve Fuller

Being Conscious

The science and philosophy of consciousness
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Hilary Lawson,Steve Fuller,Janne Teller,Naomi Goulder

Authenticity, Reality and Being

What is it to be real?
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Isabel Hilton,Steve Fuller,Angie Hobbs,Leanne Wood

Politics and Post-Truth

Is a politics of emotion bad?
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Hilary Lawson,Steve Fuller,Peter Atkins,Rosie Harper

Uncovering the Unknown

Does science uncover the truth?
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Steve Fuller,David Malone,Peter Atkins,Tara Shears

This is Our Church

Science as religion
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Catherine Hakim,Steve Fuller,Robert Rowland Smith,Dinesh Bhugra

Desire, Dreams and Happiness

Can we ever arrive?
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Steve Fuller,Cory Doctorow,,Kate Russell

Is Facebook Evil?

Digital oligopolies need to be broken up
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Steve Fuller,Robert Rowland Smith,Peter Hacker,Steven Rose

The Edge of Reason

Beyond the limits of rationality
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Steve Fuller,Isabel Hilton,Richard Bentall,Simon Wessely

Mind, Madness, and Power

Is psychiatry dangerous?
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Steve Fuller,Lawrence Krauss,Gabrielle Walker,Kenneth Cukier

Everything We Know Is Wrong

Can science alone uncover the truth?
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Steve Fuller,Julian Barbour,Nancy Cartwright,Maggie Aderin-Pocock

The Elegant Universe

Is truth always simple?
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Rachel Armstrong,Steve Fuller,Athene Donald,Lionel Milgrom,Dylan Evans

A Paradigm of Health

What are the limits of western medicine?

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Steve Fuller

Socrates vs. Jesus

Who would have the X-Factor today?
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Rachel Armstrong,Bryan Appleyard,Susan Greenfield,Steve Fuller

Alchemy, Anarchy, and Science

Is science the defining triumph of modernity?
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Steve Fuller,David Malone,Nicholas Humphrey,Nancy Cartwright

The Comedy of Errors

Scientific errors and new adventures
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Steve Fuller

How to Play God

What kind of deity do you want to be?
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Steve Fuller,Rupert Sheldrake,Angela Saini,Peter Atkins,Danielle Sands

Seeing how it is

Can empirical observation lead us to the truth?
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Sacha Golob,Åsa Wikforss,Steve Fuller,Peter Pomeranstev,Joanna Kavenna

Lies, Damned Lies, and Post Truth

Is there still space for alternative perspectives?
A gloved hand uses tweezers to manipulate a segment of DNA, illustrating genetic editing or biotechnology concepts with a blurred double helix background.
Steve Fuller,David Malone,Angela Saini,Natalie Kofler

Evolutionary Masters of the Universe

How gene editing technology will change humanity

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Steve Fuller

The two cultures puzzle
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Steve Fuller

Creating the Covid-19 story
A surreal scene depicting a person sitting on a narrow ledge, their head replaced by a blank sheet, while papers fly around from an open red door against a dramatic sky.
Steve Fuller

In Defence of Post-Truth
Suspended white sculptures of various human faces, depicting a range of emotions, in an ornate architectural space with chandeliers and decorative elements.
Steve Fuller

Authenticity, Reality and Being
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Steve Fuller

The Science of Simplicity
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Steve Fuller

Justice Beyond Privacy
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Steve Fuller

Suspended Ethics?
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Steve Fuller

Socrates vs Jesus