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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 63
... turns out to be much the same — especially when contrasted with the conditions of teaching and research in other disci- plines , including STS . Thus , while continental philosophers have been gener- ally more receptive than analytic ...
... turn to the semi - autobiographical Fuller ( 2000e ) or the transcript of my own debate with Latour ( Barron 2003 ) . In most general terms , my project of social epistemology aims to recover and extend the ground common to 8. The ...
... turning epistemol- ogy into a form of science policy ( Fuller 1988 ) . There is a strong democratic theme to this line of inquiry , based on the idea science cannot legitimately claim to be a universal form of knowledge unless it has a ...
... turn disabled it from seeing the reflexive consequences of its own practices on the larger society . When scientists complain about the cynicism that STS seeds in society at - large , STS responds by pointing to all the wonderful ...
... turn out to be a diagnostic reading of the ideology focused on stock examples ( " paradigms " in that sense ) used to motivate the ideology's arguments . For example , the prima facie plausibility of the Marxist ideological framework ...
Contents
11 | |
21 | |
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 |