The Philosophy of Science and Technology StudiesRoutledge, 2013 M10 18 - 208 pages As 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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... associated with research into AIDS and BSE ( i.e. bovine spongiform encephalopathy , a.k.a ' mad cow disease ' ) . However , some knowledge of STS might actually help scientists cope with why the public feels let down by them . STS was ...
... associated with the " public understanding of science , " stressing the need to institutionalize the participation of the general public in scientific decision - making . ( Each chapter includes an opening para- graph summarizing the ...
... associated with the extension of this sense of knowledge - and - power to more people . G. W. F. Hegel and Auguste Comte brought this vision to frui- tion in the early - nineteenth century . However , it was not long before a trade ...
... associated with the studied neutrality of STS research , came less from an open - minded- ness to alternative research trajectories than from an openly critical attitude toward the dominant trajectory . Nevertheless , the overall ...
... associated presuppositions of an ideo- logical framework- much as the early - twentieth - century art movement Cubism flattened out three - dimensional vision on a canvas by placing side by side the different perspectives from which the ...
Contents
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A Sociology of Science that | 28 |
Philosophy In Of and Beyond the Scientific Field Site | 45 |
STS by Another Name? | 79 |
Beyond Puritans and Gnostics | 115 |
Cultivating a Life in STS | 157 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Index | 189 |
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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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