The Philosophy of Science and Technology StudiesAs 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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Philosophical Foundations and Main Sociological Traditions 1 1 2. Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of Knowledge 14 3. Kuhn's Checkered Legacy to STS 21 4. The Punch Line: A Sociology of Science that is not a Sociology of ...
... waves of French philosophical fashion — most noticeably from Serres to Deleuze — while maintaining the empirical high ground. Generally speaking, STS prefers to play off the two dominant philosophical traditions against each other: ...
Positivism figures initially in the next chapter as part of a general treatment of how STS transforms traditional themes in the sociology of knowledge and the philosophy of science. In chapter 3, 1 examine in more detail the ...
Philosophical Foundations and Main Sociological Traditions The idea that there is a sociological component to knowledge is at least as old as Plato's Republic. Indeed, Plato's assumptions only came to be questioned seriously in the ...
The history of the sociology of knowledge is a tale of two traditions, French and German. ... Thus, the French tradition focused on how people of different origins who are concentrated in one space over time acquire a common mindset, ...
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Contents
| 11 | |
5 | 39 |
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 |
14 | 190 |
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| Title | The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies |
| Author | Steve Fuller |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1135375399, 9781135375393 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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