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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... Positivism " : STS by Another Name ? 14. Platonism as Proto - Positivism 15. The Dialectical History of Positivism 39 335 45 45 49 5858 54 67 72 79 79 82 16. Postmodernism as Positivism's Bastard Child 17. Motivating the Science vii.
... Positivism ? 108 V Re - enchanting Science : Beyond Puritans and Gnostics 115 21. The Science Wars as Signaling the End of Scientific Puritanism 22. The Secularization of Science as a Precondition to its Re - enchantment 23. Re ...
... positivist best seller , Language , Truth and Logic ( 1936 ) , lives on . Analytic philosophers hone this mind - set by trying their arguments in the company of students who together beat the arguments into publishable submission ...
... positivism , which explains the repeated attention I draw to what many ( mistakenly ) regard as a closed chapter in the history of Western thought . Positivism figures initially in the next chapter as part of a general treatment of how ...
... positivism , and postmodernism - three movements that are typically seen as centrifugally related to one another . In short , I am a social constructiv- ist who still believes in the possibility of universal human progress , even though ...
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 |