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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... empirical , which together formed the basis of STS . The conceptual challenge turned on the definition of science used to infer that it is necessarily a rational activity . Science had been said to be rational because scientists pursue ...
... empirical challenge has turned out to be more indicative of STS research . Here too a double standard is identified ... Empirically speaking , this was akin to constructing a sociology of religion solely out of the writings of saints and ...
... empirical proposition that certain scientifically inspired ideas have justified oppressive social practices . But this immediately raises the question of why abstract philosophical distinctions should have defined the terms of the ...
... empirical phenomena it uncovers . When Karl Mannheim proposed that a " free - floating intelligentsia " would be the ideal unmaskers , the last thing he imagined was that they would sell their critical independence for the protective ...
... empirically open question . After all , the traditionally " purest " of the sciences — mathematics and physics — were inte- gral to what were shaping up to be some of the most oppressive and destruc- tive episodes in human history . In ...
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 |