New Frontiers in Science and Technology StudiesSteve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in the coming years. *Should science and technology be treated as separate entities?*What impact has globalization had on science and technology? *Can science be clearly distinguished from other forms of knowledge? *Does the politicization of science really matter? *Is there a role for the social regulation of scientific inquiry? *Should we be worried about research fraud? These questions are explored by examining an array of historical, philosophical and contemporary sources. Attention is paid, for example, to the Bruno Latour's The Politics of Nature as a model for science policy, as well as the global controversy surrounding Bjorn Lomborg's The Sceptical Environmentalist, which led to the dismantling and re-establishment of the Danish national research ethics board. New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies will appeal strongly to scholars and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses concerned with the social dimensions of science and technology, and anyone who cares about the future of science. |
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Indeed , these philosophers tended to presume that the task of definition requires
an appeal to origins . The solution to ... Thus , when Plato and Aristotle defined
science , they referred to the state of mind necessary for being scientific . A prime
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Indeed , these philosophers tended to presume that the task of definition requires
an appeal to origins . The solution to ... Thus , when Plato and Aristotle defined
science , they referred to the state of mind necessary for being scientific . A prime
...
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For example , a species in biology is defined in terms of organisms that can
conjoin to produce fertile offspring , regardless of the organisms ' exact physical
constitution . This means that in principle Homo sapiens could be perpetuated by
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For example , a species in biology is defined in terms of organisms that can
conjoin to produce fertile offspring , regardless of the organisms ' exact physical
constitution . This means that in principle Homo sapiens could be perpetuated by
...
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In the one case , humans have a fixed essence ; in the other , their essence is
defined precisely by its unfixed character . ... whereas someone who defines
mentality in terms of the presence of certain physical conditions - say , a
threshold of ...
In the one case , humans have a fixed essence ; in the other , their essence is
defined precisely by its unfixed character . ... whereas someone who defines
mentality in terms of the presence of certain physical conditions - say , a
threshold of ...
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Contents
List of Tables and Boxes | 1 |
Sciences Need for Revolution | 11 |
Sciences Need for Unity | 53 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies |
| Author | Steve Fuller |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wiley, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0745636934, 9780745636931 |
| Length | 240 pages |
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