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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... failures remain largely hidden , resulting in an airbrushed picture of " progress " otherwise absent from human affairs . Of course , these are controversial claims that , in 2. The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... largely do not depend on STS's existence as a special field . Indeed , drawing from their own original normative resources , feminist- and technology - studies practitio- ners have been among the most penetrating critics of the ...
... largely what we collectively make of it . In this respect , STS as normally practiced is much less of a threat to the future of science than scientists think . Indeed , we shall see in what follows that the Science Wars have been so far ...
... largely not of their making. 2. Science. as. a. Special. Problem. for. the. Sociology. of. Knowledge. The sociology of knowledge finds itself in a peculiar normative position. Is its object of inquiry—organized resistance to the environment ...
... largely conducted , but it is also implicated in the modularized sense of " autonomy " that has informed philosophical relativism . I consider the migration of relativism from anthropology to science policy since the end of World War II ...
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 |