After the Gold Rush: Cleaning Up after Steve Fuller's Theosis

Remedios and Dusek have provided a useful contextualization of Steve Fuller's recent work in social epistemology. While they have provided some good criticisms of some of Fuller's new ideas, they fail to provide a systematic critique of Fuller's retreat from a naturalistic and materialist social epistemology for one embracing transhumanism, intelligent design, and the proactionary imperative. An alternative approach is developed, drawing on Fuller's early work and incorporating recent work on our biological and cultural evolution as a species.