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. |
From inside the book
... sciences have managed to establish a larger social presence . Most bla- tantly , STS journals enjoy what scientometricians call " high impact factors " as a result of the sometimes spontaneous , but sometimes editorially encouraged ...
... 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 English by the journals , Social ...
... social sciences retains this perspective today. It was also how positivistically inclined philosophers of science from Hans Reichenbach (1938) to Larry Laudan (1977) divided the intellectual labor between the epistemology and the ...
... social sciences retains this perspective today . It was also how positivistically inclined philosophers of science from Hans Reichenbach ( 1938 ) to Larry Laudan ( 1977 ) divided the intellectual labor between the epistemology and the ...
... social scientific explanations , evaluations , and improvements of social life in general have typically balked at the consequences of those approaches applied to themselves . Observant of this history , Ian Hacking has established ...
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 |