Is technology (still) applied science?

• Published in: Technology in society Vol. 59; p. 101193
• Main Authors: Florez, Daian, García-Duque, Carlos Emilio, Osorio, Juan Camilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Aircraft; Applied science; Design; Historians; Philosophers; Realism; Rejection; Science; Science and technology; Scientific laws; Skolimowski; Supersonic aircraft; Technological change; Technology; The standard view of technology; Transistors; Transportation; Technology; Skolimowski; The standard view of technology; Realism; Applied science
• ISSN: 0160-791X; 1879-3274
• DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.101193

The thesis that technology is applied science is called by Niiniluoto (1997) the standard view. That is surprising because the identification between technology and applied science has been widely rejected by both historians and philosophers of technology, including Rapp (1974), Bugliarello and Done...