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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... 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 of voyeurism ? A form of aca- demic ...
... reasons for studying knowledge sociologically . The main historical reasons have pertained to the normative organization of soci- ety , especially against what may be regarded as " natural " ( in the sense of " default " ) cognitive ...
... reasons . The sociologist thus unmasks the ideology by identifying the relevant background reasons for each presupposition , thereby providing grounds for " disintegrating " the ideology's particular combination . This unmasking may ...
... reason to think that an aggregation of such " micro - Kuhnian " stories of the sort will add to Kuhn's own grand narrative . On the contrary , it may simply render science more susceptible to the " ends - turned - into - means ...
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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 |