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. 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-enchanting Science with a Vengeance: Gnostic Scientism 24. Prolegomena to ...
... Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of Knowledge 3. Kuhn's Checkered Legacy to STS 11 14 21 4. The Punch Line : A Sociology of Science that is not a Sociology of Knowledge 28 5. Relativism and the Illusion of Autonomy in Science ...
... Science 18. The Elusive " Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists " Defended in the Science Wars 19. Does Research Fraud Matter ? Reflections on the Sokal Hoax as a Social Experiment 888 3335 93 98 102 20. What Should Have Been Done ...
... science consumers. Indeed, without all those misbegotten metaphors and half-understandings of science that pervade our culture, it is unlikely that science would enjoy its current levels of economic, political, and even spiritual ...
... science's social standing ? The scientific community has a characteristic way of handling the matter . The expression " public understanding of science 1 Introduction: The Conspicuous Absence of Philosophy from Science and Technology ...
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 |