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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... science” blissfully act as if nothing has changed. They continue to shoehorn STS positions into preconceived categories of “relativism,” “antirealism,” and even “skepticism.” (This is the ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... 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”—about ...
... 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 represented in ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
... philosophical sensibility that has turned itself into an empirical ... science, poses special reflexive problems, which STS has tried studiously ... Philosophical Backdrop to STS 1. Philosophical Foundations and Main Sociological Traditions.
... philosopher-king: that the “higher” classes possess a knowledge that is not only politically more effective but also epistemically more comprehensive. Thus, human progress came to be ... Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies.
Contents
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III 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 |