NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Technological Determinism
26 May 2016
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Technology known as applied science is no longer used and is centuries old. Project hindsight; example of a large investment in basic research of the development to. Hindsight was ; 91% classified of key technological events, 8. 7% as applied science, and. Not knowing if there work was driven by science or by the application of science. Edwin layton; technology known as the applied science is very pervasive and that in reality technological knowledge is played down. Techno science is the pragmatic characterization of scientific knowledge. Engineers and inventors use scientific knowledge is a resource they use but is not known as a dominant resource. Technological determinism; the position that material forces, as well as the properties of technologies which determine social events. Marx and engels"s; social structures of determinants. Marx famously said the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord, the steam- mill, society with the industrial capitalist . Technological determinism; emphasizes real-world constraints and technical logics .
