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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... past because sociologists had been operating with an equivocal sense of " consequences " : scientists were being 14. The Philosophy of Science and Technology Studies Science as a Special Problem for the Sociology of Knowledge.
... 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 ( Fuller 1988 ) . There is a strong democratic ...
... sense - ranging from positivist Rudolf Carnap to idealist Robin Collingwood - Mannheim assumed that an ideology's pre- suppositions are logically independent of one another but combine for histor- ically contingent reasons . The ...
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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 |