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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... respect , the legacy of A. J. Ayer's 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 ...
... respects , STS resembles no other philosophical movement so much as 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 ...
... respect , STS as normally practiced is much less of a threat to the future of science than scientists think . Indeed , we shall see in what follows that the Science Wars have been so far largely a comedy of errors . Neverthe- less ...
... respect , natural scientists concerned about the consequences of their fields being seen as " constructed " have had a better grasp of how the sociology of knowledge informs their situation than have their sociological opponents ...
... respect , Mannheim wished to accomplish by political design what the capitalist marketplace had clearly failed to achieve by studied indirection , namely , the conversion of private vices to public virtue . In more strictly social ...
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 |