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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... simply surveyed the methodological pronouncements of distinguished scientists and philosophers . Empirically speaking , this was akin to constructing a sociology of religion solely out of the writings of saints and theologians . Not ...
... simply at their level of expression , Karl Popper notoriously demonized the sociology of knowledge , alongside psychoanalysis and , indeed , Marxism , as part of the ongoing authoritarian subversion of rational thought ( Popper 1945 ...
... simply as expressed is to ignore the conflicting motives that remain unexpressed in the claims . Moreover , the unmasker presumes that the psychic balance of power can be redistributed under the right environmental conditions . For ...
... simply render science more susceptible to the " ends - turned - into - means " reversal discussed in section 5 below . Syncretism in historical writing is associated with what rhetoricians call chiasmus , an exchange of properties that ...
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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 |