NATS 1775 Lecture 1: Avery Nats 1775 all lecture notes so far

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1775
• Professor: Vera Pavri

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Moving beyond the material: technology as physical objects: tools, machines, instruments, weapons, appliances, the idea above is the most common understanding of technology. Material goods ranging from weapons to computers to electronics. In this course, we will see that very few technologies throughout history should be given this revolutionary label. Good examples: north african response to the wheel in the 3rd century, the japanese military being introduced to the use of western weapons in the 15th century. )t is an (cid:498)autonomous force(cid:499) that once invented, appears to have a (cid:498)life of its own(cid:499) (cid:498)billiard ball(cid:499) approach which sees technology (cid:523)the white billiard ball) as. Way street: hard versus soft determinism, problems with technological determinism, a. Ideas of technological determinism are most pervasive in popular discourse, and one reason is because the theory offers people simple, easy to understand ideas about very complex events in society. Which group is missing from discussion: alternate theories: the social shaping/social construction of.