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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... original 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 ...
... original training in physics, Pareto declared that rationality is self-explanatory as the path of least resistance between ends and means, while sociology is needed to explain the friction of bias and error that usually gets in the way ...
... original training in physics , Pareto declared that rationality is self- explanatory as the path of least resistance between ends and means , while sociology is needed to explain the friction of bias and error that usually gets in the ...
... original demarcation of the sociology of knowledge from epistemology . [ The unmasking ] turn of mind ... does not seek to refute , negate , or call in doubt certain ideas , but rather to disintegrate them , and that in such a way that ...
... original followers . Neverthe- less , it is no longer clear that it captures the experience of labor today . When Mannheim boldly suggested that deeply held knowledge claims can- not be evaluated simply at their level of expression ...
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 |