In course of the development of the STS field (Science and Technology Studies), mainly during the 1980s and 1990s, its proponents have tended to bracket off normative questions. Drawing on Charles Taylors work, this book explains both why this happened and why an alternative normative posture may be developed within STS. In this analysis, the classical epistemological tradition is seen as having shaped dominating methodological ideals for how to go to work and where to turn ones attention when studying, evaluating and assessing science and technology. Because the STS field evolved by...
In course of the development of the STS field (Science and Technology Studies), mainly during the 1980s and 1990s, its proponents have tended to brack...
