Tehnologija

Tehnologija vključuje uporabo teoretičnih znanj in idej za ustvarjanje rešitev, ki se lahko večkrat uporabijo za doseganje praktičnih rezultatov.^[1] Pojem tehnologija se nanaša tudi na same izdelke, ki so rezultat uporabe teh znanj.^[2]^[3]. Ti izdelki so lahko fizični, kot so stroji ali orodja in neopredmeteni, kot je programska oprema. Tehnologija igra ključno vlogo v znanosti, tehniki in vsakdanjem življenju.

Razvoj tehnologije je povzročil velike spremembe v družbi. Najstarejša tehnologija, ki jo poznamo,so kamnita orodja, ki so jih uporabljali ljudje v prazgodovini. Kasneje so se naučili nadzorovati ogenj, kar je imelo pomembne posledice za razvoj človeških možganov in jezika v ledeni dobi. Izum kolesa v bronasti dobi je omogočil potovanja na daljše razdalje in ustvarjanje bolj zapletenih strojev. Novejši tehnološki izumi, kot so tiskarski stroj, telefon in internet, so olajšale komunikacijo in prispevale k razvoju gospodarstva znanja.

Tehnologija ima lahko, kljub temu da spodbuja gospodarski razvoj in izboljšuje kakovost življenja, tudi negativne posledice, kot so onesnaženje okolja in izčrpavanje naravnih virov. Povzroča lahko družbene probleme, kot je tehnološka brezposelnost zaradi avtomatizacije. Zaradi teh negativnih vplivov potekajo stalne filozofske in politične razprave o vlogi in uporabi tehnologije, etiki tehnologije in kako zmanjšati njene škodljive učinke.

↑ Skolnikoff, Eugene B. (1993). »The Setting«. The Elusive Transformation: Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics. Princeton University Press. str. 13. ISBN 0-691-08631-1. JSTOR j.ctt7rpm1. LCCN 92022141. OCLC 26128186. I find the most useful conceptual definition for this study to be that given by Harvey Brooks, who has defined technology ... as 'knowledge of how to fulfill certain human purposes in a specifiable and reproducible way.'
↑ Salomon 1984, str. ;117–118: "The first pole, that of the naturalisation of a new discipline within the university curriculum, was presented by Christian Wolff in 1728, in Chapter III of the "Preliminary discourse" to his Philosophia rationalisis sive Logica: 'Technology is the science of skills and works of skill, or, if one prefers, the science of things made by man's labour, chiefly through the use of his hands.'"
↑ Mitcham, Carl (1994). Thinking Through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-53196-1. LCCN 93044581. OCLC 29518988.

[1] Skolnikoff, Eugene B. (1993). »The Setting«. The Elusive Transformation: Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics. Princeton University Press. str. 13. ISBN 0-691-08631-1. JSTOR j.ctt7rpm1. LCCN 92022141. OCLC 26128186. I find the most useful conceptual definition for this study to be that given by Harvey Brooks, who has defined technology ... as 'knowledge of how to fulfill certain human purposes in a specifiable and reproducible way.'

[2] Salomon 1984, str. ;117–118: "The first pole, that of the naturalisation of a new discipline within the university curriculum, was presented by Christian Wolff in 1728, in Chapter III of the "Preliminary discourse" to his Philosophia rationalisis sive Logica: 'Technology is the science of skills and works of skill, or, if one prefers, the science of things made by man's labour, chiefly through the use of his hands.'"

[3] Mitcham, Carl (1994). Thinking Through Technology: The Path Between Engineering and Philosophy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-53196-1. LCCN 93044581. OCLC 29518988.

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