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. Contents. Acknowledgments ix I Introduction: The Conspicuous Absence of Philosophy from Science and Technology Studies 1 II The Sociology of Knowledge: The Philosophical Backdrop to STS Philosophical Foundations and Main ...
... Science Wars: The Politics of Popularizing and Esotericizing Science The Elusive “Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists” Defended in the Science Wars Does Research Fraud Matter? Reflections on the Sokal Hoax as a Social Experiment ...
... science, to know it is to love it. Therefore, any dissatisfaction with science must be the result of ignorance. Innocent schoolteachers are then browbeaten for not infusing youngsters with the ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... Science Wars” did little to relieve the tensions (Fuller and Collier 2004, introd.). This field-defining conflict between the scientific and STS communities, introduced in the next chapter ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... philosophy in its interdisciplinary practice. If we insist on discussing STS matters in conceptual or abstract terms ... science of this point-of-view. They are the selfdescribed “underlaborers” in the philosophy of physics, biology, etc ...
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 |