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Technology Education: Beyond the “Technology is Applied Science” Paradigm
Author:
Marc J. de Vries
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, NL
About Marc
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Methodology of Technology, Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Dr. de Vries presented this paper at Virginia Tech in March 1996, as a part of the Technology Education Program’s “Distinguished Lecture Series” and Fiftieth Anniversary commemoration activities.
Abstract
In the early days of the development of philosophy of technology as a discipline that reflects on technology, one finds the opinion that technology is applied science. (Bunge, 1966 speaks about “technology” and “applied science” as “synonyms”). Gardner (1994) shows how Francis Bacon already defended the thesis that technology should be applied science and that we find this opinion time and again in later literature. It is then suggested that there is a more or less straightforward path from that scientific knowledge to the technological product. This opinion for some time functioned as a paradigm for the philosophy of technology.
How to Cite:
de Vries, M. J. (1996). Technology Education: Beyond the “Technology is Applied Science” Paradigm. Journal of Technology Education, 8(1), 7–15. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/jte.v8i1.a.1
Published on
22 Sep 1996.
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