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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... Popper notoriously demonized the sociology of knowledge , alongside psychoanalysis and , indeed , Marxism , as part of the ongoing authoritarian subversion of rational thought ( Popper 1945 , chap . 23 ) . However 18. The Philosophy of ...
Steve Fuller. ( Popper 1945 , chap . 23 ) . However , for Popper rationality was a modest thing no more than the product of an irrational choice to be sensitive to error and to eliminate it from future action . Popper's objection to ...
... Popper , and to a large extent Kuhn - provides an instructive point of reference . In most general terms , the Vienna Circle regarded conceptual frameworks in a generally Kantian fashion . Thus , the " external " question of which ...
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Contents
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A Sociology of Science that | 28 |
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 |