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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... Human Freedom 28. Conclusions: Meeting Weber's Challenge and Transcending the Science Wars VI. Citizen Science: Cultivating a Life in STS 29. Introduction: Beware of Greeks Bearing Historical Precedents 30. Expertise and Its Discontents ...
... Human Freedom 149 28. Conclusions : Meeting Weber's Challenge and Transcending the Science Wars VI Citizen Science : Cultivating a Life in STS 152 157 29. Introduction : Beware of Greeks Bearing Historical Precedents 157 30. Expertise ...
... human beings . All of this may sound pretty harmless , but it actually took a while even for sociologists to come round to it . Until the 1970s , the " sociology of science " was based on a fairly uncritical acceptance of what distin ...
... Human Val- ues , and the reviews journal , Metascience . Its principal anthologies over the past dozen years have been Pickering ( 1992 ) , Galison and Stump ( 1996 ) and Biagioli ( 1999 ) . The fractious and dispersed nature of STS ...
... human progress , even though this goal cannot be underwritten by appeals to human nature , a priori knowledge , or any other backward - looking foundationalist standard . Rather , humanity is a goal for which those engaged in it must ...
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 |