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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... idea is that , when it comes to science , to know it is to love it . Therefore , any dissatisfaction with science must be the result of ignorance . Innocent schoolteachers are then browbeaten for not infus- ing youngsters with the ...
... ideas that are already present in Martin Heidegger , Michel Foucault , Michel Serres , Gilles Deleuze , and others . From an STS standpoint , the patronizing attitude of continental philosophers causes them to mistake their own ...
... idea that there is a sociological component to knowledge is at least as old as Plato's Republic . Indeed , Plato's assumptions only came to be ques- tioned seriously in the late - nineteenth century . Plato assumed that society was held ...
... idea of the philosopher - king : that the " higher " classes possess a knowledge that is not only politically more effec- tive but also epistemically more comprehensive . Thus , human progress came to be associated with the extension of ...
... idea science cannot legitimately claim to be a universal form of knowledge unless it has a strong sense of public accountability . However , social epistemology so described remains as minority report within STS , where the majority ...
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 |