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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Steve Fuller. Dedication This book is dedicated to the two people who have best embodied in their practice the " philosophical " character of STS advocated here : Jim Collier and Joan Leach .
... practicing scientists have frequently found the field vaguely threatening . However , their response has been too often like shooting the messenger who bears bad news . The message remains the same . For example , each year I ask my ...
... practicing scientists are only a fraction of those who contribute to what science is . The other contributors are not just the people who use science more or less as scientists intend , such as technologists , physicians and ...
... practice . If we insist on discussing STS matters in conceptual or abstract terms , the IESBS tells us to engage in theory rather than philosophy . " Theory " consists of the several possible frameworks for doing STS research , whereas ...
... practice ; on the other , continental philosophers appear as speculative sociologists whose limited sense of context fails to reach beyond their own " intertextuality . " Left to its own devices , STS tries to create as much distance as ...
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 |