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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... sciences retains this perspective today . It was also how positivistically inclined philosophers of science from Hans Reichenbach ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of Knowledge.
... 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 of science policy ...
... Science Wars , especially through his popular work , The Social Construction of What ? ( Hacking 1998 ) . However , the issue is not as neatly reducible as Hacking thinks to scientists ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... scientists ' sociology of knowledge and the sociol- ogists ' philosophy of science . In other words , social constructivist accounts of science are largely correct , but science's high epistemic status in contemporary society depends on ...
... science's status as a form of organized inquiry that offers collective ... philosophers of science render the research site in " abstract " terms ... scientific practices . Much trickier to critique is an image that seamlessly melds ...
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 |