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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Page 6
Nevertheless , social engineering will be decisive in how humanity negotiates its
position between the divine and the animal , an " essential tension ” that STS
tends to characterize as the cyborg moment , whose Cold War roots are explored
.
Nevertheless , social engineering will be decisive in how humanity negotiates its
position between the divine and the animal , an " essential tension ” that STS
tends to characterize as the cyborg moment , whose Cold War roots are explored
.
Page 27
Spoken from a position where power is concentrated , the Catholic Church's
multipurpose epistemic strategy sounds like a revised version of Plato's doctrine
of different truths for different classes - only now different cultures are targeted .
Spoken from a position where power is concentrated , the Catholic Church's
multipurpose epistemic strategy sounds like a revised version of Plato's doctrine
of different truths for different classes - only now different cultures are targeted .
Page 54
For example , my own social epistemology is an instance of “ constructivist
unificationism , ” though that position rarely registers on the philosophical radar .
Consequently , this part concludes with a consideration of the constructivist
grounds ...
For example , my own social epistemology is an instance of “ constructivist
unificationism , ” though that position rarely registers on the philosophical radar .
Consequently , this part concludes with a consideration of the constructivist
grounds ...
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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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