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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... tion and sociological imagination . The result , quite unwittingly from Kuhn's own standpoint , has rendered STS a " sociology of science that is not a sociol- ogy of knowledge . " This means that knowledge has lost any special ...
... tion in the early - nineteenth century . However , it was not long before a trade - off between the distribution of knowledge and the production of power was realized : The more who know , the less it matters . Knowledge only seems to ...
... tion the burden of my argument ) whether what the idea asserts is true , but consider it merely in terms of the extra - theoretical function it serves , then and only then do I achieve an " unmasking " which in fact repre- sents no ...
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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 |