Nature of Science and Technology and Their
Nature of Science and Technology and Their
Technology
Technology may be understood as tecnics (computers, phones), as a complex of knowledge, methods, materials (engine technology transmission technology), as a form of human cultural activity (engineers, technologists), and as a societal enterprise (Western technology).
2. Science
Science may be understood as a body of knowledge (germ theory of disease), As a systematic inquiry into nature (Physics, Chemistry), as a form of human cultural activity (pursued by scientists) and as a total societal enterprise.
6. Process of Technology
Identification of a specific need, desire or opportunity to be met, satisfied or exploited by means of a projected technic or construct Designing phase Production phase Use phase
7. Process of Science
Identificaton of an aspect of a phenomenon of nature Formulation of a hypotheses to explain the phenomenon Application of the hypothesis to the phenomenon Assessment of the adequacy of the hypothesis to the phenomanon Adoption, rejection or modification of hypothesis However the above is a very simpilistic and crude description. The phases may not follow the same sequence or order