Intro Flashcards
“scientia”
knowledge
A systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation or both
Science
considered science as a discovery of regularity in nature, enough for natural phenomena to be described by principles and laws
Heilborn
considered science as a discovery of regularity in nature, enough for natural phenomena to be described by principles and laws
Heilborn
“Modern science is a discovery as well as an invention”
Heilborn, 2003
The application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems.
Technology
The application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems.
Technology
“techne”
art, skill, or cunning of hand
He explained that reliable scientific knowledge has no moral or ethical value.
Lewis Wolpert
“societas”
a friendly association with others
A large group of peaople who lives together in an organized way, making a decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done.
Society
Science informs _____.
Technology
Technology demands more from ____.
Science
Society demands more from ____.
Science
Science seeks to improve for ______.
Society
Society benefits from _____.
Tecnology
Technology makes life easier for _____.
Society
use or application of scientific knowledge for a specific goal or purpose
Technology
drives technology by making new technology possible through scientific breakthroughs and vice versa
Science
focus on using science to develop products
Engineers
Science is the way of ____ and technology is the way of ______.
knowing; doing
is a relatively young field that combines previously independent and older disciplines, such as history of science, philosophy of science, and sociology of science.
Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
As an academic field, STS, according to Harvard University’s Kennedy School (2018), traces its roots from the _____ and the _________.
interwar period; start of the Cold War
STS seeks to bridge the gap between two traditionally exclusive culture – _______ and ________.
humanities and natural science
