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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... normative organization of soci- ety , especially against what may be regarded as " natural " ( in the sense of " default " ) cognitive tendencies . However , studying the systematic pursuit of knowledge itself , or science , poses ...
... normative psychology ) through which individuals adapt to a world that is largely not of their making . 2. Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of Knowledge The sociology of knowledge finds itself in a peculiar normative ...
... normative order for science in light of this socially expanded sense of consequences . Social epistemology may be understood as using socio- logical means to address philosophical questions , thereby turning epistemol- ogy into a form ...
... normative reconstruction as the positive side of the project that begins by unmasking ideologies that cannot be directly refuted . I shall redress this deficiency in the final chapter of this book in terms of " scientific citizenship ...
... normative philosophers of science render the research site in " abstract " terms , reminiscent of Mondriaan or Kan- dinsky . The former captures the shimmering and transient surfaces of labora- tory life , the latter the pure epistemic ...
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 |