NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Trevor Pinch, Wiebe Bijker, Technological Determinism
3 Jun 2013
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Nats 1760 science, technology and society introductory lecture. According to the historian john henry, natural philosophy can be defined as: the attempt to understand and explain the workings of the natural world . In particular empirical and mathematical studies had to be shown to be relevant to and combined with traditional natural philosophy in the early modern period . While term technology can be found as early as 17th century, used to describe treatise or study of industrial (practical) arts. This also has a direct impact on the historic relationship between practitioners of science and technology: take into account the particular social and institutional settings in which scientific and technological practice takes place. Technological determinism is a viewpoint that regards technology as the prime agent of social and organizational change. Technology is seen as an independent entity that changes and shapes society. Autonomous force that once invented, appears to have a life of its own.
