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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... epistemology presupposes just such an image of STS ( Fuller and Collier 2004 ) . Equally I realize that this perspec- tive sets me apart from many , but of course not all , who dwell in STS these days . Like all fields of inquiry , STS ...
... Epistemology 101 . Again now , writing as someone formally trained in ( analytic ) philosophy , this does not surprise me . More than any other discipline , philosophy uses the classroom as the research site . This applies equally ...
... epistemic consis- tency . But more generally , it suggests that STS is much clearer about what it wants to escape - philosophy - than where it wants to go . There are many more topics and claims of philosophical import Introduction⚫ 7.
... ) or the transcript of my own debate with Latour ( Barron 2003 ) . In most general terms , my project of social epistemology aims to recover and extend the ground common to 8. The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
Steve Fuller. epistemology aims to recover and extend the ground common to the Enlight- enment , positivism , and postmodernism - three movements that are typically seen as centrifugally related to one another . In short , I am a social ...
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 |