NATS 1775 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Natural Philosophy, Technoscience, Chemical Industry
7 Oct 2013
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Mechanical arts = practical arts = engineering = specific knowledge. Scientific knowledge = natural philosophy = universal knowledge. Used scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as astronomical findings. This is why societies were seen as technological instead of scientific. Plato used scientific knowledge, which was known as natural philosophy at the time and said that technical arts (craftsmen) were mundane. Because craftsmen couldn"t account for why things worked, technical arts were only limited to 1 object created. Mechanical arts are considered to be inferior to natural philosophy which is considered universal knowledge and is given higher status to natural philosophers (plate and aristotle) Medieval: hugh st. victor used religion to raise status on technical arts by linking it to religious salvation. : this is when science and technology began to have a positive relationship because natural philosophers used scientific knowledge on practical purposes.
