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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... sense of them , given other things we know about human beings . All of this may sound pretty harmless , but it actually took a while even for sociologists to come round to it . Until the 1970s , the " sociology of science " was based on ...
Steve Fuller. Of course , these are controversial claims that , in a sense , “ demystify " science . But they are also meant to encourage scientists to be more mod- est in their pronouncements so that the public is not oversold on what ...
... sense of context fails to reach beyond their own " intertextuality . " Left to its own devices , STS tries to create as much distance as possible from its disputatious philosophical past . Thus , the field tends to tell its history in ...
... sense of " default " ) cognitive tendencies . However , studying the systematic pursuit of knowledge itself , or science , poses special reflexive problems , which STS has tried studiously but unsuccessfully to avoid . Symbolic of this ...
... sense of knowledge - and - power to more people . G. W. F. Hegel and Auguste Comte brought this vision to frui- tion in the early - nineteenth century . However , it was not long before a trade - off between the distribution of ...
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 |