Science, Technology and Society Philosophy of Science Philosophy

Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society (STS) is an emerging field of Philosophy which tries to investigate the role of science and technology in society. It does so by examining the technological culture we live in, by investigating individual technologies or by studying the history of science, technology and society. Many useful resources about these and closely related topics can be found in the category Science/Science_in_Society.

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• Essays on the Philosophy of Technology - A list of essays concerning the philosophy of technology.
  
• Why Not Science Critics? - A paper discussing whether science critics are needed. By Don Ihde.
  
• Technorealism - Questioning the value of developments in communications and computing, available in four languages.
  
• Technological Determinism - Introduction to technological determinism written by Daniel Chandler.
  
• Science Technology & Society - Printed international journal devoted to the developing world and published from the region. Launched in 1996.
  
• Actor Network Theory (ANT) Yahoo Group - Yahoo group focusing on Actor Network Theory.
  
• Lecture Notes: Science, Technology and Society - Notes for the AK NATS 1760.06 "Science, Technology and Society" course offered in the Fall/Winter Semester of 2001/2002 by the Atkinson College of York University, Toronto, Canada and taught by John Dwyer.
  
• Alan Sokal on the "Social Text Affair" - Read about the hoax in which Sokal submitted a bogus article to a humanities journal, including the article, the aftermath, and his motivation.
  
• Technological Determinism and Social Choice - The aim of this page is to explore in greater depth the controversy as to how far technology does, or does not, condition social change.
  
• Science and Technology Studies Links - Links of interest for STS researchers.
  
• STS Blogs - A short list of bloggers in the STS field.
  
• Society for Philosophy and Technology - SPT is a society for the study of philosophical issues in science and technology.
  
• ScienceWars homepage - Page containing links to information about the intellectual debate called the "ScienceWars".
  
  

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