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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... Logic ( 1936 ) , lives on . Analytic philosophers hone this mind - set by trying their arguments in the company of students who together beat the arguments into publishable submission . There is a brutally democratic character to this ...
... logic,” understood as normative psychology) through which individuals adapt to a world that is largely not of their making ... logical,” or “arational,” status of the forms of knowledge eligible for sociological scrutiny. Reflecting his ...
... logical , " or " arational , " status of the forms of knowledge eligible for sociological scrutiny . Reflecting his original training in physics , Pareto declared that rationality is self- explanatory as the path of least resistance ...
... logical means to address philosophical questions , thereby turning epistemol- ogy into a form of science policy ( Fuller 1988 ) . There is a strong democratic theme to this line of inquiry , based on the idea science cannot legitimately ...
... logical conflict . Refuting the knowledge claims of an ideology that is not one's own is both too easy and too ... logically independent of one another but combine for histor- ically contingent reasons . The sociologist thus unmasks the ...
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 |
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| Title | The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies |
| Author | Steve Fuller |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1135375399, 9781135375393 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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