PHILOS 1D03 Chapter Notes -Peer Pressure, Instrumentalism, Woodchipper
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What is the relationship between science and technology: traditional answer: technology is the applied science, while science is just theory. This is a problematic conception: science and technology are mutually dependent. In science we investigate the reality that is given; in technology we create a reality . Both science and technology aim at progress: but progress means something different in each case. Science: goal is to increase knowledge, means is falsification. Technology: goal is to produce better objects in a more efficient way, means to increase effectiveness. What is technology: products of technical know how (artifacts, a type of knowledge associated with production. But neither of these conceptions give a complete picture. What would it take for there to be an artifact whose existence depends on you: you made it, you gathered the raw materials, you made the tools, yu taught yourself how to do it.