L1 Flashcards
Scientia
Knowledge
A systematic and methodological activity of building and organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation, or both
Science
“Modern science is a discovery as well as invention”
John Heilbron
(2003)
The system of knowledge of the natural world gaines by _________
scientific method
• “Philosophy of the natural world; philosophers of nature”
● Understand the natural world
● First step towards knowledge: the ability to name and classify the objects found in nature
Science
Tekhne
Art or Craft
Logia
Subject or interest
Practical applications of what we know about nature using scientific principles for the betterment of human situation
Technology
“Something that takes human sense or ability and augment it and makes it more powerful”
Mark Zuckerberg (2004)
● Huge role in our life
● Make difficult and complicated task easier
● Gradual improvements
● Not limited to products
Science and Technology
“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription of disaster”
Carl Sargan
Relatively young field of study
➔ History of science
➔ Philosophy of science
➔ Sociology of science
STS
“As an academic field, stated during the interwar and cold war period”
“As an interdisciplinary field, bridge humanities and natural sciences”
Kennedy School (2018)
First robot priest and monk
BlessU-2 and Pepper
Read genomes
Helix
Holding data hostage through hacking
Ransomware
Assess reactions to anything
Emotion-Sensing Facial
Recognition
Analyze id driver was using phone during
accident
Textanalyzer
Constant surveillance of citizens
Social Credit System
Hands-free camera that lets user capture
every moments effortlessly
Google Clips
Aids courts in sentencing decisions
Sentencing Software
Stores deceased’s digital “footprints” so one
can still “chat” with them
Friendbot
Notifies user of ongoing crimes/events
Citizen App
is an interdisciplinary course that engages the students to confront the realities brought about by the science and technological in society with lal its socio-political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play
STS (CHED Memo Order No. 20)
seeks to instill reflective knowledge in the students so that they are able to live the good life and display ethical decision-making in the both social and scientific dilemmas
STS (CHED Memo Order No. 20)
Importance of Studying STS
● STS prepares students to understand both the technical and social dimension of science and technology, helps them become more thoughtful and better-informed citizens of our high-tech society, and develops their critical interdisciplinary thinking, research, and communication skills
● Students flourish intellectually in an environment where critical questioning is encouraged and opportunities for research are abundant
● Interdisciplinary education for life
● Relevant to every field of study
STS on a personal level
● Scholarly study of science and
technology
● S & T are dynamic
STS on an academic level
the latin word for ‘human’ or ‘man’
Homo
derived from a latin word that means ‘wise’ or ‘astute’
Sapiens
stands for the idea that creativity is an inherent human
trait that leads us to make tools, and that we use these to control our environment
Homo faber
Products fabricated by humans to meet
needs (tools, machines, implements)
Artifacts or Hardware
A system of tacit and explicit knowledge,
techniques, and materials utilized in using,
making, or repairing a certain kind of
artifact
Knowledge and Methods
Military or civil engineers, crafters,
machinist
Human cultural activity
or profession
“American technological know-how”
R&D, invention, patronage, mass
production and mass consumption
A total societal enterprise
is the part of the environment which is
made or modified by humans
Technosphere (anthroposphere)
Includes roads, railways, airports, mines, and quarries, oil and gas fields, cities, engineer rivers and reservoirs
Technosphere
It contributed to the mechanization
of agriculture (animal traction, crop
irrigation), craft industries and
transportation
Slow Wheels or Tourettes
The first wheels were potter’s wheels and were not used for transportation, known as
“Tourettes” or “slow wheels”
The first compasses were
made of
lodestone
a naturally magnetized stone of iron, in Han dynasty
China.
lodestone
Made of bronze or wrought iron and were crafted by
_______. Used to hold pieces of woods together.
blacksmiths and nailors
invented a voltaic pile consists of
a series of zinc and copper discs
separated by conducting cards.
Alessandro Volta (1800)
