NATS 1770 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Natural Philosophy, Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution
24 Nov 2014
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Lecture 7: science, technology and the birth of modern industry. Lecture: recapping the relationship between science and technology. Natural philosophy and technical arts throughout most of history were done by different sets of people. Intellectuals versus artisans - goals for each different. Natural philosophers wanted to discuss natural phenomena for theological or philosophical purposes, while artisans wanted to create practical and useful artifacts. Because artisans cannot account for why their technologies work and because technical knowledge limited to object itself, mechanical arts are considered to be inferior to natural philosophy which is considered. Universal knowledge and is given a much higher status (plato and. What starts to change? (hong article reader) Link between technical arts and religious salvation which begins in the medieval period (hugh st. victor) Status of engineers rises in renaissance (recall davinci and galileo) Greater contact between artisans and university scholars. Rise in experimental methods; use of instruments in experiments.
