Philosophers and STS didn't create the climate of doubt around climate change.
A few sad/crotchety/old physicists + Big Oil + Beltway think-tanks peddling pseudo-science and libertarian pipe dreams did. #ExxonKnewhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/magazine/bruno-latour-post-truth-philosopher-science.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage …
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The idea that French philosophers inspired American lobbyists, lawyers, and cranks to deconstruct claims they wanted to challenge with seems amusingly self-flattering.
If the argument is that we should be using the tools of construction/deconstruction towards positive aims (which is the best gloss I give on Latour's "Steam" essay), then I can get on board entirely (I see my more "policy-aimed" work as trying to do this). But without the guilt.
