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What is technology?
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This talk is based on writing and thinking from Marc de Vries, Assistant Professor of
Philosophy at Delft, University of Technology.The primary source is:
Teaching about Technology (2005).
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Ideas about how to value technology
As artefacts As knowledge As processes As volition
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Technology as artefacts
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As artefacts:
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Technology as knowledge
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As knowledge
• What is knowledge?• ‘… a person knows that p when:
• The person believes that p;• The person has found justification for p;• P is true. ‘
(de Vries 2005, p.30)[P stands for proposition]
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What is technology knowledge?
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Taxonomy of technology knowledge
1. Knowledge of the physical nature of the artefact2. Knowledge of its functional properties3. Knowledge of the relationship between the functional nature and
the physical nature4. Knowledge of the processes that are involved in the functioning or
in the making of the artefact(de Vries 2005, p.36)
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Technology as process
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As processes
Three aspects:1. Design2. Making3. Using and assessing processes
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As design process (1)
• Flow chart• One process?• Undetermined problems:
‘wicked’ problems• Observation• Reflection• Not static but dynamic
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As design process (2)
Experience based
technologies
Micro-technologies
Macro based technologies
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As making process
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Using & assessing processes
beliefs reasoning
Possible worldsmemory
Counter-factuals modelling
intentionsgoals
predicting
What if…?
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Technology as volition
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As volition
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Extension of us or an intermediary?
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Solution?
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Solution?
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Controlling technology or being controlled by technology?• Bioengineering• Ambient technology• Nanotechnologies