Science and Technology Studies: Prospects for an Enlightened Postmodern Synthesis
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Science, Technology, & Human Values
- Vol. 18 (1) , 102-112
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016224399301800106
Abstract
The argument that recent attempts to model technology studies on science studies have consequences for approaches to science studies as well is presented. In particular, the move to technology studies through science studies counts against the existing extreme pictures of science, "enlightenment rationalism," and "constructivisim," which are identified with modernism and postmodernism, respectively. Some components for a moderate "enlightened post-modern synthesis" in naturalism (philosophy of science), interest theory (sociology of science), and systems theory (history of technology) are foundKeywords
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