This chapter from the start aimed to use the same type of argument as chapter seven, except it used a different approach. As said in the first part of the chapter, technology as knowledge is simple technology under scrutiny, as In technology that is not favored by the public. For the majority of the chapter, technology is described as an applied science which makes sense considering earlier on in the book, ideas were related to science. For the most part I agree with what is happening in the chapter, especially the fact that Bunge was against technology as just an applied science. As the title suggests, technology is not just “artifacts” or objects that are made for everyday life, but it pertains to anything we as human beings have developed for the advancement of humanity. Technology as knowledge can be summed up into several described places including theories, maxims, technemes, and laws. After reading this chapter, though I could have expressed each of those areas myself, Mitcham made sense, and I for one am grateful.
Types of Technology as Knowledge
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