User:Pablo Schyfter

Contact Info


Y2E2-B007, MC 4201 473 Via Ortega Stanford, CA, 94305 US
 * Pablo Schyfter, Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering
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Education

 * 2009, PhD in Science and Technology Studies, University of Edinburgh
 * 2006, MSc in Science and Technology Studies, University of Edinburgh
 * 2005, BA in Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University

Research interests
Science studies, sociology of knowledge, sociology and philosophy of technology, philosophy of biology. Issues in synthetic biology such as ontology, function, design, and standards.

Relevant Publications

 * Schyfter, P. (2009). The bootstrapped artefact: A collectivist account of technological ontology, functions, and normativity.  Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 40(1): 102-111.

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