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[-] eestileib 3 points 9 hours ago

Popper is considered an important historical contributor by the field, in the same way that Jacob Lister might be in surgery. Groundbreaking but their methods have been replaced.

Jeffrey Kaplan is the best current philosophy lecturer on YouTube imo. He focuses more on theories of consciousness but covers epistemology too. Bryan Magee did a fantastic interview series called The Great Philosophers that's on YouTube.

I would actually start with sociology of science if you want the most interesting contemporary stuff. Harry Collins is fantastic, check out his recent book on LIGO. Steven Shapin's book on the Scientific Revolution is good.

Bruno Latour is a love-him-or-hate-him figure in science studies (I love him). "Laboratory Life" and "Science in Action" are great reads imo.

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