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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... explanation without intent to infringe. Fuller, Steve, 1959The philosophy of science and technology studies / Steve Fuller. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-94104-0 (hbk) -- ISBN 0-415-94105-9 (pbk) 1 ...
... explains why practicing scientists have frequently found the field vaguely threatening. However, their response has been ... explain their relevance to anything. Almost all have entered a place ofworship, but at most one or two have been ...
... explains the repeated attention I draw to what many (mistakenly) regard as a closed chapter in the history of Western thought. Positivism figures initially in the next chapter as part of a general treatment of how STS transforms ...
... explained the discovery of the syphilis vaccine in terms of “thought collectives” that many believe anticipated Thomas Kuhn's (1970) influential concept of “paradigms.” While the Fleck–Kuhn connection is somewhat tenuous, a clear legacy ...
... explain the friction of bias and error that usually gets in the way. The “rational choice” paradigm in the social sciences retains this perspective today. It was also how positivistically inclined philosophers of science from Hans ...
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 |