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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... once it started building on some empirically grounded insights about how science works . Conveniently forgotten is that these " insights " —about the conduct of laboratory life , the circulation of knowledge , and the organization of ...
... once thrown into question . I focus on the role played by STS's preference for Thomas Kuhn over Karl Mannheim as a source of both normative orienta- tion and sociological imagination . The result , quite unwittingly from Kuhn's own ...
... once STS incorporated science into the sociology of knowledge , many scientists took offense at the public recognition that their laboratory deeds were usually much more ordinary and , hence , recognizable , than the exalted ...
... once words like " rationality , " " reality , " and " objectivity " lose their significance ( Fuller 1997 , 40-79 ) ? How many people are familiar with the stages by which a laboratory finding is stabilized into a nugget of knowledge or ...
... once the presupposi- tion is granted , it is virtually impossible to refute the Marxist . Under the cir- cumstances , the usual epistemological tools will not work . Consequently , the sociology of knowledge is needed to reveal 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 |