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is the pursuit and application of knowledge and
understanding of the natural and social world
following a systematic methodology based on
evidence.
SCIENCE
is about
gaining a deeper and often useful understanding of
the world.
SCIENCE
primary aim of science
collect data
ultimate purpose of science
to discern the order that exists between and amongst
the various facts
tekhnē
ART/CRAFT
teknologia
SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT
rational process of creating means to
order and transform matter, energy, and
information to realize certain valued ends.
TECHNOLOGY
The set of means (tools, devices, systems,
methods, procedures) created by the
technological process.
TECHNOLOGY
The knowledge that makes the technological
process possible. It consists of the facts and
procedures necessary to order and manipulate
matter, energy and information, as well as how
to
discover
new means for such
transformations.
TECHNOLOGY
A subset of related technological objects and
knowledge.
TECHNOLOGY
The system consists of the technological
process, technological objects, technological
knowledge, developers of technological
objects, users of technological objects, and the
worldview that has emerged from and drives
the technological process. This is referred to as
the technological system.
TECHNOLOGY
is a group of people involved with each
other through persistent relations, or a large social
grouping sharing the same geographical or social
territory, typically subject to the same political
authority and dominant cultural expectations.
SOCIETY
It may be illustrated as an economic, social, or
industrial infrastructure, made up of a varied
collection of individuals.
SOCIETY
organized
voluntary association of people for religious,
benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic,
or other purposes.
SOCIETY
It is a field interested in the nature of science and its
place in society.
STS
is the interplay between science,
technology and society. It focuses on how each
one element affects all the other elements.
STS
