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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... Postmodern Positivism”: STS by Another Name? 14. Platonism as Proto-Positivism 15. The Dialectical History of Positivism 11 11 14 21 28 30 35 39 45 45 49 54 58 67 72 79 79 82 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. V 21. 22. 23. 24. vii Table of Contents.
... Postmodernism as Positivism's Bastard Child Motivating the Science Wars: The Politics of Popularizing and Esotericizing Science The Elusive “Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists” Defended in the Science Wars Does Research Fraud ...
... postmodernism were upgraded into the Science Wars. STS is primarily represented in English by the journals, Social Studies ofScience, Science, Technology and Human Values, and the reviews journal, Metascience. Its principal anthologies ...
... postmodernism—three movements that are typically seen as centrifugally related to one another. In short, I am a social constructivist who still believes in the possibility of universal human progress, even though this goal cannot be ...
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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 |