Autor: Alberto Cupani

Resumo:

La filosofía de la tecnología, disciplina relativamente reciente, viene destacando la especificidad del conocimiento tecnológico, principalmente a diferencia del científico. En este artículo reúno diversas características del conocimiento tecnológico que aparecen dispersas en la bibliografía correspondiente. Mi propósito es contribuir así a una mejor comprensión de la índole de ese conocimiento como un todo y a la solución de algunas cuestiones sobre la naturaleza de la ciencia, principalmente la de su posible compromiso intrínseco con la tecnología.Philosophy of technology, a rather recent discipline, has been growingly emphasizing the peculiar nature of technological knowledge, mainly the fact that it is different from scientific knowledge. In this paper, I rejoin several characteristics of technological knowledge which are scattered in the literature. I aim thereby at contributing to a better understanding of technological knowledge as a whole and to the solution of some questions regarding the nature of science, in particular its possible intrinsic relation to technology.Philosophy of technology, a rather recent discipline, has been growingly emphasizing the peculiar nature of technological knowledge, mainly the fact that it is different from scientific knowledge. In this paper, I rejoin several characteristics of technological knowledge which are scattered in the literature. I aim thereby at contributing to a better understanding of technological knowledge as a whole and to the solution of some questions regarding the nature of science, in particular its possible intrinsic relation to technology.

Abstract:

Philosophy of technology, a rather recent discipline, has been growingly emphasizing the peculiar nature of technological knowledge, mainly the fact that it is different from scientific knowledge. In this paper, I rejoin several characteristics of technological knowledge which are scattered in the literature. I aim thereby at contributing to a better understanding of technological knowledge as a whole and to the solution of some questions regarding the nature of science, in particular its possible intrinsic relation to technology.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662006000300002

Texto Completo: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-31662006000300002&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=es

Palavras-Chave: Technological knowledge,Technology as knowled