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 past . Thus , the field tends to tell its history in terms of the progress it made once it started building on some empirically grounded insights about how science works . Conveniently forgotten is that these " insights ...
... Science and Technology Studies . " It was through this field that the quarter - century - old culture wars against postmodernism were upgraded into the Science Wars . STS is primarily ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... Science. as. a. Special. Problem. for. the. Sociology. of. Knowledge. The sociology of knowledge ... philosophers of science from Hans Reichenbach (1938) to Larry Laudan (1977) ... science used Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of ...
... philosophical sensibility that has turned itself into an empirical ... science , poses special reflexive problems , which STS has tried studiously ... 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 |