STS200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Physis, Electrical Engineering, Christian Monasticism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Science, Technology, and Society
• Course: STS200
• Professor: Nathan Kowalsky

Document Summary

Meaning and significance of the : global nuclear war, a violent backlash (the simplification) against the culture of advanced knowledge and. Intellectual: changes the way students think. The: electrical engineer working for the u. s. military. according to lewontin. of science. Uniqueness of modern technology: leverage. according to grant, a way to achieve a change in something; a means to and end, augmentation. Technique: action or know-how; the knowledge, methods and materials used in making a kind of technic: etymology of technology. Logos: rationally structured thought: uniqueness of knowing as a kind of making, co-penetration of arts and sciences (knowing and making), unintentional technological imperatives. Making vehicles does not intentionally create a suburban sprawl. Grant: how you view the world can make it like that thing. Epistemological behaviour according to wittgenstein: contradiction. Purpose of certain stories (e. g. noah"s ark) isn"t about factual details. The point of the story is missed when looking through the lens of science. o.