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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... especially as the conflict snowballed into the mass media, the continuing tensions between scientists and STS researchers cannot simply be reduced to misunderstanding. On the one hand, STS has developed sophisticated tools for analyzing ...
... especially as the conflict snowballed into the mass media , the continuing tensions between scientists and STS researchers cannot simply be reduced to misunderstanding . On the one hand , STS has developed sophisti- cated tools for ...
... especially when contrasted with the conditions of teaching and research in other disci- plines , including STS . Thus , while continental philosophers have been gener- ally more receptive than analytic ones to STS themes and concepts ...
... especially against what may be regarded as " natural " ( in the sense of " default " ) cognitive tendencies . However , studying the systematic pursuit of knowledge itself , or science , poses special reflexive problems , which STS has ...
... especially through his popular work , The Social Construction of What ? ( Hacking 1998 ) . However , the issue is not as neatly reducible as Hacking thinks to scientists ' resistance to the application of scientific scrutiny to their ...
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 |