New Frontiers in Science and Technology StudiesPolity Press, 2007 M10 1 - 240 pages Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in the coming years.
These questions are explored by examining an array of historical, philosophical and contemporary sources. Attention is paid, for example, to the Bruno Latour's The Politics of Nature as a model for science policy, as well as the global controversy surrounding Bjorn Lomborg's The Sceptical Environmentalist, which led to the dismantling and re-establishment of the Danish national research ethics board. New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies will appeal strongly to scholars and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses concerned with the social dimensions of science and technology, and anyone who cares about the future of science. |
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... definition says what something is , which traditionally has meant how it has come to be what it is . Thus , when Plato and Aristotle defined science , they referred to the state of mind necessary for being scientific . A prime requisite ...
... definition says what something is , which traditionally has meant how it has come to be what it is . Thus , when Plato and Aristotle defined science , they referred to the state of mind necessary for being scientific . A prime requisite ...
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... defined in terms of organisms that can conjoin to produce fertile offspring , regardless of the organisms ' exact ... definition of species would seem to allow certain high - grade silicon- based androids to pass as humans . It follows ...
... defined in terms of organisms that can conjoin to produce fertile offspring , regardless of the organisms ' exact ... definition of species would seem to allow certain high - grade silicon- based androids to pass as humans . It follows ...
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... definition Model of generalization Functional equivalence ( paradigmatic ) Universalization Non - standard Realizing ... defined precisely by its unfixed character . Someone who believes that rather different things - humans , animals ...
... definition Model of generalization Functional equivalence ( paradigmatic ) Universalization Non - standard Realizing ... defined precisely by its unfixed character . Someone who believes that rather different things - humans , animals ...
Contents
List of Tables and Boxes | 1 |
Sciences Need for Revolution | 31 |
Sciences Need for Unity | 71 |
Copyright | |
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