Meaning inTechnologyPro: Is music the origin of technological virtuosity (highly skilled, sophisticated) in the making of tools?
Con: Pursell argues that the development of language in prehistoric culture responsible for exaptation in tool use?
How is rhythm different from meter and melody?
In what way does Pacey use these ideas and how would that support Pursell's insistance that development in the use of tools (technology) is actually and extension of human capabilities?
| technology is | tekne is tekne | logos is logos | meaning |
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join
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word
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means to
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| Purpose of tools |
create
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order
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end or goal achieved
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Melvin Kranzberg --the authority in the history of technology-- says: "It is evident enough that changes in technology can bring changes in the way work is organized."
He quotes commentator Peter Drucker, in saying:
"Work its structure, organization and concepts ... must in turn powerfully affect the tools and techniques and their development."
The task you have in this class is how
to define technology in terms of society and function -- that involves how we
define work. Work accomplished is an expression of labor. Labor together with
land and capital are used to create tools, alter tools and advance technology
to achieve larger economic ends or social goals.
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| Tools of Toil: what to read. | ||
| Tools are historical building blocks of technology. | ||
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