ECON 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jacob Bigelow, Technological Determinism, Determinism

• School: York University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 1000
• Professor: Andrea Podhorsky

Document Summary

Today we will look at how technology is defined and some common myths associated with technology and technological development. Lastly, we will explore some of the major themes that will be examined throughout this course: defining technology. While term technology can be found as early as 17th century, used to describe treatise or study of industrial (practical) arts. Term technology only popularized after wwii but use of technology (or material) items can be traced to almost 2 million years ago. Prior to this, terms used were practical arts, applied science and. 1831 jacob bigelow book entitled elements of technology on the. He equated technology with invention and creativity; science as process of discovery. Breaking down term: teks is indo-european root word meaning to fabricate or weave; in greek, tekton refers to carpenter or builder and tekhne to art, craft or skill.