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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... political ideologies instances of thought operating at a standard , as it were , " above " or " below " that of normal reasoning ? Are they vocations or manias ? The two sociology of knowledge tra- ditions are themselves ambivalent on ...
... political work than is strictly warranted . At the same time , he also believes that the political and philosophical functions of social constructivism need to be kept separate : the former he calls " unmasking " ( or " demystifying ...
... political design what the capitalist marketplace had clearly failed to achieve by studied indirection , namely , the conversion of private vices to public virtue . In more strictly social psychological terms , Mannheim supposed that in ...
... political structures . For its part , STS has largely failed to take up normative reconstruction as the positive side of the project that begins by unmasking ideologies that cannot be directly refuted . I shall redress this deficiency ...
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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 |