The Philosophy of Science and Technology StudiesAs the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) has become more established, it has increasingly hidden its philosophical roots. While the trend is typical of disciplines striving for maturity, Steve Fuller, a leading figure in the field, argues that STS has much to lose if it abandons philosophy. In his characteristically provocative style, he offers the first sustained treatment of the philosophical foundations of STS and suggests fruitful avenues for further research. With stimulating discussions of the Science Wars, the Intelligent Design Theory controversy, and theorists such as Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour, Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies is required reading for students and scholars in STS and the philosophy of science. |
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It is difficult to write a book about the philosophy of a field as resolutely disrespectful of academic philosophy as Science and Technology Studies. Luckily, philosophy's most astute and potent allies are often found outside the ...
It is difficult to write a book about the philosophy of a field as resolutely disrespectful of academic philosophy as Science and Technology Studies. Luckily, philosophy's most astute and potent allies are often found outside the ...
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In the last quarter century, STS has come into its own as an academic field. It now sports its own professional societies, journals, handbooks, degree programs—not to mention funding streams and cross-disciplinary gurus like Latour and ...
In the last quarter century, STS has come into its own as an academic field. It now sports its own professional societies, journals, handbooks, degree programs—not to mention funding streams and cross-disciplinary gurus like Latour and ...
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A form of academic careerism? Revenge for past academic disappointments? One long inside joke? A vehicle for social transformation? In what follows, it should become clear that I regard STS as a vocation that is also a vehicle for ...
A form of academic careerism? Revenge for past academic disappointments? One long inside joke? A vehicle for social transformation? In what follows, it should become clear that I regard STS as a vocation that is also a vehicle for ...
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The academic response has been more muted but, for better or worse, more lasting. ... This robust academic posture is commonly known as relativism, the doctrine most commonly associated with the sociology of knowledge.
The academic response has been more muted but, for better or worse, more lasting. ... This robust academic posture is commonly known as relativism, the doctrine most commonly associated with the sociology of knowledge.
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This point applies with a vengeance to STS's desire for academic respectability. It has led the field to embrace the Kuhnian image of normal science, which has in turn disabled it from seeing the reflexive consequences of its own ...
This point applies with a vengeance to STS's desire for academic respectability. It has led the field to embrace the Kuhnian image of normal science, which has in turn disabled it from seeing the reflexive consequences of its own ...
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Contents
Philosophy In Of and Beyond the Scientific Field Site | |
STS by Another Name? | |
Beyond Puritans and Gnostics | |
The Secularization of Science as a Precondition to its Reenchantment | |
Gnostic Scientism | |
Prolegomena to the Hidden History of Gnostic Biology | |
A Failed Scientific Defense of Human Freedom | |
Meeting Webers Challenge and Transcending the Science Wars | |
Cultivating a Life in STS 29 Introduction Beware of Greeks Bearing Historical Precedents | |
Some Institutional Alternatives | |
Institutionalizing the Public Understanding of Science in Consensus Conferences | |
The Prospects for Scientific Citizenship Today | |
Toward a Rhetorical Reclamation of Science | |
Bibliography | |
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| Title | The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies |
| Author | Steve Fuller |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1135375399, 9781135375393 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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