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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... normative implications of its analyses, especially as they might sound to the people they normally write about, i.e., the scientists. On the other hand, the scientific community still lacks both a sophisticated understanding and an ...
... normative implications of its analyses , espe- cially as they might sound to the people they normally write about , i.e. , the scientists . On the other hand , the scientific community still lacks both a sophisticated understanding and ...
... normative theories of ratio- nality obscure the empirical character of scientific practice ; on the other , continental philosophers appear as speculative sociologists whose limited sense of context fails to reach beyond their own ...
... normative resources , feminist- and technology - studies practitio- ners have been among the most penetrating critics of the disciplinary trappings that increasingly characterize STS . ( Rouse 1996 develops some interesting ...
... normative psychology) through which individuals adapt to a world that is 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 ...
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 |