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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... Reality (1967), which eclectically mixes the two traditions. The addition of science as a potential object of inquiry has only complicated matters. Among the founders of modern sociology, the Italian political economist Vilfredo Pareto ...
... reality in a manner appro- priate to the class in question . However , by the late - eighteenth century , the prospect of class mobility led the philosophes of the Enlightenment to tinker with Plato by suggesting that these different ...
... reality . In contrast , the German tradition in the sociology of knowledge , exempli- fied by the work of Wilhelm Dilthey and Karl Mannheim , was influenced more by history — indeed , historicism — than anthropology . Instead of looking ...
... Reality ( 1967 ) , which eclectically mixes the two tra- ditions . The addition of science as a potential object of inquiry has only com- plicated matters . Among the founders of modern sociology , the Italian political economist ...
... reality of science . Instead , the empirical challenge has turned out to be more indicative of STS research . Here too a double standard is identified , this time in terms of the evidence used to infer science's " normative structure ...
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 |