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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... philosophical tail for STS's empirical dog . To their Machiavellian credit , STS researchers have remained diplomatic on this point . Latour is the grand master of this strategy , having ridden successive waves of French philosophical ...
... philosophical issues they raise largely do not depend on STS's existence as a special field . Indeed , drawing from their own original normative resources , feminist- and technology - studies practitio- ners have been among the most ...
... philosophers of science from Hans Reichenbach (1938) to Larry Laudan (1977) divided the intellectual labor between the epistemology and the sociology of knowledge. In each case, it was presumed that science would always fall on the ...
... philosophical sensibility that has turned itself into an empirical research pro- gram . But the story is much more complicated . This chapter begins ... Philosophical Backdrop to STS Philosophical Foundations and Main Sociological Traditions.
... philosophical ( Collins 1998 ) and scientific ( Bloor 1976 ) knowledge . One striking and celebrated application of the French tradition was made by a Polish - German medical scientist , Ludwik Fleck ( 1979 ) , who in a popular book ...
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 |