SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
SCIENCE AS USED IN TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE: Deals with the process of learning
about the natural phenomena and the
physical world
TECHNOLOGY: Knowledge put into practical
use to solve problems or invent useful tools
ROLE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
 Alter the way people live, connect,
communicate and transact, with
profound effect on economic
development
 Key drivers to development
 Engine of growth
 Have the power to better the lives of
poor people in developing countries
 Interventionsnfor enchancement,
cancer therapy and genetic
engineering
SOCIETY
 Is the sum total of our interventions
as human beings
 Group of individuals involved in
persistent social interaction, sharing
the same geographical or social
territory
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AFFECT SOCIEETY
 The effects of science and
technology to society is neither
entirely beneficial nor entirely
detrimental
INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
 Technology is also called applied
science because it requires scientific
information in order to be
formed/developed
 Advancements in Technology can
have a huge impact to the
enhancement of Science
 The continuous advancement of
technology has affected the way of
life of people all around the world.
 The technological advancements in a
society is primarily affected by the
needs of the people.
 The main goal of the creation of
technology is to provide practical
solutions to the difficulties and
issues of varied scale faced by the
society.
PARADIGM SHIFTS
 A concept identified by the
physicist and Philosopher
Thomas Kuhn [The Structure of
Scientific Revolutions (1962)]A
fundamental change in the basic
concepts and experimental
practices of a scientific discipline
IMPORTANCE
 Another expression for more
significant changes within belief
systems
KUHN’S CYCLE
 A simple cycle of progress
described by Thomas Kuhn in
1962 in his seminal work The
Structure of Scientific
Revolutions
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