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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Reflections on the Sokal Hoax as a Social Experiment 20. What Should Have Been Done About Sokal? What Can Be Done About Positivism? V. Re-enchanting Science: Beyond Puritans and Gnostics 21. The Science Wars as Signaling the End of ...
Reflections on the Sokal Hoax as a Social Experiment 20. What Should Have Been Done About Sokal? What Can Be Done About Positivism? V. Re-enchanting Science: Beyond Puritans and Gnostics 21. The Science Wars as Signaling the End of ...
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The Science Wars as Signaling the End of Scientific Puritanism 22. The Secularization of Science as a Precondition to its Re-enchantment 23. Re-enchanting Science with a Vengeance: Gnostic Scientism 24. Prolegomena to the Hidden History ...
The Science Wars as Signaling the End of Scientific Puritanism 22. The Secularization of Science as a Precondition to its Re-enchantment 23. Re-enchanting Science with a Vengeance: Gnostic Scientism 24. Prolegomena to the Hidden History ...
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However, with the end of the Cold War, the amoralism of “technoscience” remained but now transferred to a world in which the risk of nuclear war had been replaced by the uncertainty of the marketplace (Latour1987, Callon1998).
However, with the end of the Cold War, the amoralism of “technoscience” remained but now transferred to a world in which the risk of nuclear war had been replaced by the uncertainty of the marketplace (Latour1987, Callon1998).
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For their part, most philosophers who refuse to attach an s at the end of “knowledge” or “science” blissfully act as if nothing has changed. They continue to shoehorn STS positions into preconceived categories of “relativism,” ...
For their part, most philosophers who refuse to attach an s at the end of “knowledge” or “science” blissfully act as if nothing has changed. They continue to shoehorn STS positions into preconceived categories of “relativism,” ...
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I consider the migration of relativism from anthropology to science policy since the end of World War II. Notwithstanding this lineage, “relativism” is ultimately an imprecise label for what is most philosophically challenging about STS ...
I consider the migration of relativism from anthropology to science policy since the end of World War II. Notwithstanding this lineage, “relativism” is ultimately an imprecise label for what is most philosophically challenging about STS ...
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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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