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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... consider from , respec- tively , a historico - philosophical and a more explicitly political standpoint , the emerging challenges to both " secularize " and " re - enchant " science as it comes to lose the state - protected monopoly it ...
... consider the migration of relativism from anthropology to science policy since the end of World War II . Notwithstand- ing this lineage , " relativism " is ultimately an imprecise label for what is most philosophically challenging about ...
... consider it merely in terms of the extra - theoretical function it serves , then and only then do I achieve an " unmasking " which in fact repre- sents no theoretical refutation but the destruction of the practical effec- tiveness of ...
... Consider Kuhn's translation of the philosophical problem of " rationality " in science . In a nutshell , the his- tory of modern science has thrown up two ways of conceptualizing the differ- ence between " rational " and " irrational ...
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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 |