The Challenging Relationship between Philosophy of Science and STS in East Asia

When we trace the trajectory of STS studies in Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and China, we find that philosophy of science has played an important role in the success of this new discipline. In Korea the program for history and philosophy of science at Seoul National University trained many of the country's leading STS scholars. In Japan the University of Tokyo established its Department of History and Philosophy of Science as early as 1951—though the word society was avoided until the 1980s.

This graphic design was created as the main visual sign for the 2010 exhibiton "The Definiton of Self." directed by Masahiko Sato. For the details of this exhibition, please visit http://www.2121designsight.jp.en/program/id/index.html.

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