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 56
To be sure , the autonomy of the social from the biological sciences has been
also spurred by the rediscovery and continuation of Gregor Mendel's original
work in genetic inheritance , against which social scientists often defined their
research ...
To be sure , the autonomy of the social from the biological sciences has been
also spurred by the rediscovery and continuation of Gregor Mendel's original
work in genetic inheritance , against which social scientists often defined their
research ...
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The former concerns the external ; the latter the internal , social epistemology of
science . External social epistemology treats science as a sub - system of the
larger social system , while internal social epistemology considers science as a ...
The former concerns the external ; the latter the internal , social epistemology of
science . External social epistemology treats science as a sub - system of the
larger social system , while internal social epistemology considers science as a ...
Page 196
In this context , the expression “ social engineering ” should be understood as
ranging from the " piecemeal ” approach favored by Karl Popper , that is practiced
in contemporary parliamentary politics , to the Soviet - style top - down version ...
In this context , the expression “ social engineering ” should be understood as
ranging from the " piecemeal ” approach favored by Karl Popper , that is practiced
in contemporary parliamentary politics , to the Soviet - style top - down version ...
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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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| 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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