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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Steve Fuller. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES STEVE FULLER New York London Published in 2006 by Published in Great Britain by Routledge Title Page.
Steve Fuller. Dedication. This book is dedicated to the two people who have best embodied in their practice the “philosophical” character of STS advocated here: Jim Collier and Joan Leach. This page intentionally left blank Contents ...
Steve Fuller. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. V 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. VI 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Postmodernism as Positivism's Bastard Child Motivating the Science Wars: The Politics of Popularizing and Esotericizing Science The Elusive ...
Steve Fuller. I. Introduction: The. Conspicuous. Absence. of. Philosophy. from. Science. and. Technology. Studies. Science sets the standard for rationality in today's world, yet our attachment to science is anything but rational. This ...
Steve Fuller. the British liberal broadsheet newspaper, The Independent, on 28 June 1998, in the run-up to “the great debate” between Alan Sokal and STS's most illustrious champion, Bruno Latour, at the London School of Economics. This ...
Contents
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III 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 |