NATS 1760 Lecture : lecture notes for ex.
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Sc nats 1760 6. 0 b science, technology and society. An economic perspective on science and technology - methods. Role of scientist in capitalist society, origins of science in society. Conditions of production, economic context of science and technology. Science changes rapidly, unpredictably and is not in control of scientists* The disinterested pursuit of truth, moral concerns * Five characteristics of science: an institution, a method, a cumulative tradition of knowledge, a factor in production a factor shaping beliefs and attitudes to people and nature. Professionalization, social status and economic contributions of science * Education and mathematical training and public understanding of science. Science started out as a part time occupation of the upper classes* Scientific approach to experiment similar and error methods of the trades. Classification (ordering experience into categories) and measurement (quantification of properties of objects) * Laws (general relationships), hypotheses (specific claims) and theories (groups of claims), integration and logic.