Are 'Science' and 'Technology' Necessary
The Utility of Some Old Concepts in Contemporary Studies of the Research Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2274162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wesley Shrum (0000-0001-5040-6584, Louisiana State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 324-340 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1986.tb00091.x |
| OpenAlex | W2161960473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
Contemporary views on the nature of science and technology describe them as symmetrically interdependent subcultures, in contrast to the older view of technology as applied science. On closer inspection, however, these accounts provide two distinct descriptions. The first, that of 'distinct subcultures,' sees science and technology as distinguishable based on their products, sectoral locations, or objectives. The second, that of a 'holistic research system,' denies that any single dimension delivers the ideal typical constructs that have long been used to characterize science and technology. On balance, social studies of the research process would do well to dispense with the terms, except insofar as their use constitutes an explanatory project
Balance (ability) · Contrast (vision) · Dimension (graph theory) · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics) · Interdependence · Management science · Process (computing) · Social science · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Data Analysis and Archiving · Engineering · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry
Science
The TEA Set
The Intellectual and Social Organization Of the Sciences
Organizations
The Reformation of Science
The Science-Technology Relationship
Scientific Specialties and Technical Systems
Science as technology
Knowledge and Utility
Post-Industrial Society
Scientific Communities or Transepistemic Arenas of Research? A Critique of Quasi-Economic Models of Science
Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science
Mirror-Image Twins
On Distinguishing Science and Technology
Price, Technology, and the Paper Model
The Interaction of Science and Technology Today, or, Is Science the Mother of Invention
The Confusion between Science and Technology in the Standard Philosophies of Science
The Science-Technology Relationship as a Historiographic Problem
Technology as Knowledge
The Science-Technology Interaction
Technology as Applied Science
Is Technology Historically Independent of Science? A Study in Statistical Historiography
American Ideologies of Science and Engineering
The Structure of Thinking in Technology
Sadi Carnot and the Cagnard Engine
Norms and ideology in science
Organized Technology
Part One Sociology of Science in the West
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 1993 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |