Philosophers increasingly engage in practical work with other disciplines and the world at large. This volume draws together the lessons learned from this work—including philosophers’ contributions to scientific research projects, consultations on matters of policy, and expertise provided to government agencies and non-profits—on how to effectively practice philosophy. Its 22 case studies are organized into five sections:
I Collaboration and Communication
II Policymaking and the Public Sphere
III Fieldwork in the Academy
IV Fieldwork in the Professions
V Changing Philosophical Practice
Together, these essays provide a practical, how-to guide for doing philosophy in the field—how to find problems that can benefit from philosophical contributions, effectively collaborate with other professionals and community members, make fieldwork a positive part of a philosophical career, and anticipate and negotiate the sorts of unanticipated problems that crop up in direct public engagement.
Key features:
Gives specific advice on how to integrate philosophy with outside groups.
Offers examples from working with the public and private sectors, community organizations, and academic groups.
Provides lessons learned, often summarized at the end of chapters, for how to practice philosophy in the field.
Edited by:
Evelyn Brister,
Robert Frodeman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 568g
ISBN: 9780815347576
ISBN 10: 081534757X
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 03 February 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Digging, Sowing, Building: Philosophy as Activity 2. Embedding Ethics in Neural Engineering: An Integrated Transdisciplinary Collaboration 3. Lab Report: Lessons from a Multi-Year Collaboration between Nanoscience and Philosophy of Science 4. Philosophical Dialogue as Field Philosophy 5. Ethics Lab: Harnessing Design Methodologies for Translational Ethics 6. Learning to Collaborate in Development Policy 7. Philosophy in the IPCC 8. Philosophy and Science Policy: A Report from the Field 9. Philosophical Boundary Work for Wildlife Conservation: The Case of the Oostvaardersplassen 10. Values-Informed Decision Support: The Place of Philosophy 11. University Leadership as Philosophical Fieldwork 12. We Are Always Already Engaged: Epistemological Fieldwork in the Real World of the University 13. Promoting Ethics in STEM and Society 14. A Philosopher’s Field Guide to Talking with Engineers 15. Ecotourism with a Hand-Lens: A Field Environmental Philosophy Experience from the South of the World 16. Balancing Theoretical Autonomy and Practical Engagement 17. The Cutting Edge: A Surgical Case Study in Field Philosophy 18. Advocating for Human Trafficking Victims 19. Field Philosophy in an Actual Field 20. Grassroots Philosophy and Going against the Grain 21. Philosophy and Addiction: Understanding and Transforming Suffering 22. Formal Epistemology in a Tropical Savanna 23. Learning from a Fracking Fracas 24. The Future of Field Philosophy: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Evelyn Brister is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has a PhD in Philosophy and an MS in Environmental Science, and she has written articles on the philosophy of sustainability, environmental decision-making, interdisciplinary collaboration, and scientific objectivity. Robert Frodeman has taught at the University of Colorado and the University of North Texas. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and an MS in Environmental Science, and his research ranges across environmental philosophy and public policy, the philosophy of science and technology, and the philosophy of interdisciplinarity. He is the author or editor of 16 books, including the Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity (2010 and 2017) and Transhumanism, Nature, and the Ends of Science (Routledge, 2019).
Reviews for A Guide to Field Philosophy: Case Studies and Practical Strategies
Field philosophy' promises - and delivers - nothing less than philosophy's return to its pre-academic roots as reflective being in the world. What is most striking about the philosophers assembled in this volume is that they would probably be in violent disagreement over many purely technical philosophical issues, yet they are all capable of turning their philosophical skills to the greater common good. --Steve Fuller, University of Warwick At least since the 1980s efforts have been made in various quarters of the English-speaking philosophical community to break free from the Western model of academic specialization and detachment. This volume adds new dimensions to the project, going deeper in conceptualization (the theory of field philosophy), broader in reach (from science and engineering to design, fracking, addiction, and human trafficking), and more expansive in participants (33 from North and South America and Europe). --Carl Mitcham, Renmin University of China
