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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... particular frameworks vis- à - vis the reasons we might have for wanting to do STS research in the first place . In the blunt terms a purveyor of " perennial philosophy " might use : What is a life in STS ? A vocation ? A job ? A style ...
... particular text as representative of the tenor of the entire field . However , Erickson ( 2005 ) is a recent honest broker with the virtue of not pre- suming that the reader necessarily knows what normally happens in a scien- tific ...
... particular generation to define the parameters of policy for the entire society. In both cases, the sociology of knowledge is meant to complement, not replace, the psychology of normal thought processes (or “logic,” understood as ...
... a Mannheim- ian might show how a persistent ideology enables the experience of a particular generation to define the parameters of policy for the entire The Sociology of Knowledge : The Philosophical Backdrop to STS⚫ 13.
... particular combination . This unmasking may turn out to be a diagnostic reading of the ideology focused on stock examples ( " paradigms " in that sense ) used to motivate the ideology's arguments . For example , the prima facie ...
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 |