HIS 2129 Lecture 6: Study Notes for History up to chapter 6
1 Mar 2016
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Aristotle"s technology : the art of speech, rules of the art (of speech) : greek roots: techne = art , logos = word, discourse, theory , 16th century: still found to refer to the art of speaking about a subject. The enlightenment"s technology : the theory of the practical arts. Modern day technology : the productive arts, taken collectively: started to get this mean over a period of a century that coincides with the industrial. The mechanical arts: skilled intelligence in action: in ancient greece, greek word mechan = the solution to a problem, a quickly shaped plan, a scheme that could verge on outright deception. The embodiment of cunning. , greek work praxis = practice, practical . Moving from systems to technology in society adopted by the society at large, how it is shaped by the choices of its user, and how it influences the wat society works.
