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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... Sociology of Knowledge: The Philosophical Backdrop to STS Philosophical Foundations and Main Sociological Traditions Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of Knowledge Kuhn's Checkered Legacy to STS The Punch Line: A Sociology ...
... sociology of knowledge and the philosophy of science. In chapter 3, I examine in more detail the underlaboring philosophy that STS research encourages. Chapter 4 makes explicit the continuities between the histories of positivism and ...
... knowledge, or any other backward-looking foundationalist standard. Rather, humanity is a goal for which those engaged in it must take full responsibility. At the moment, STS suffers from a ... Sociology of Knowledge: Introduction • 9.
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Steve Fuller. II. The. Sociology. of. Knowledge: The. Philosophical. Backdrop. to. STS. The growth of the field of STS is ... Knowledge: The Philosophical Backdrop to STS 1. Philosophical Foundations and Main Sociological Traditions.
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 |