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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... positions into preconceived categories of " relativism , ” " antirealism , " and even " skepticism . " ( This is the default strategy of even the more informed and sophisticated versions : e.g. , Brown 2001. ) This form of collective ...
... position on the development of STS can turn to the semi - autobiographical Fuller ( 2000e ) or the transcript of my own debate with Latour ( Barron 2003 ) . In most general terms , my project of social epistemology aims to recover and ...
... position. Is its object of inquiry—organized resistance to the environment—to be valorized or pathologized? Are tribal religions and political ideologies instances of thought operating at a standard, as it were, “above” or “below” that ...
... position . Is its object of inquiry - organized resistance to the environment - to be valorized or pathologized ? Are tribal religions and political ideologies instances of thought operating at a standard , as it were , " above " or ...
... position in the Science Wars can be captured precisely in the fol- lowing paradox : I agree with the scientists ' sociology of knowledge and the sociol- ogists ' philosophy of science . In other words , social constructivist accounts of ...
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 |