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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Page 48
... standpoint of Popper's open society is that they invest so much epistemic authority in the latest science that it becomes grounds for suspending the rule of law and its corresponding sense of human dignity . The epistemolog- ical ...
... standpoint of Popper's open society is that they invest so much epistemic authority in the latest science that it becomes grounds for suspending the rule of law and its corresponding sense of human dignity . The epistemolog- ical ...
Page 52
... standpoint , Popper's falsifiability variant of this strat- egy places the burden squarely on the claimant to knowledge to declare the conditions under which his or her difference might make a difference to everyone . || ~ || 2 ...
... standpoint , Popper's falsifiability variant of this strat- egy places the burden squarely on the claimant to knowledge to declare the conditions under which his or her difference might make a difference to everyone . || ~ || 2 ...
Page 184
... standpoint of distributive justice ) . Science reveals its Abrahamic descent in its refusal to ground authority in such biologically salient features of the human condition as one's parents , physical strength , or personal ...
... standpoint of distributive justice ) . Science reveals its Abrahamic descent in its refusal to ground authority in such biologically salient features of the human condition as one's parents , physical strength , or personal ...
Contents
List of Tables and Boxes | 1 |
Sciences Need for Revolution | 31 |
Sciences Need for Unity | 71 |
Copyright | |
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