What do we
mean by the word science?
Write
for five minutes
using examples in Postman (Tenner, Pursell or Pacey) that distinguishes science
from scientism.
Homework:
Be sure to
understand PursellŐs discussion of how the meanings of technology and science
have changed since the words where both introduced. Which word is older?
What caused
the changes according to Pursell ? Then compare his view of that century to
PostmanŐs chronology of changes. Now compare and contrast those findings with
Tenner, and PaceyŐs arguments for what has changed since 1763 until 1963.
Pacey about clues to technocratic to technopolistic changes.
Postman
on our incomprehensible world.
See what Richard Feynman, Cal Tech physicist said.
