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Demarcating technology from science: Problems and problem solving in technology

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Es wird eine Unterscheidung zwischen für eine einzelne Wissenschaft (z. B. Physik, Chemie) eigentümlichen Problemen und technologischen Problemen vorgeschlagen. Dieser Unterscheidung liegt eine Auffassung zugrunde, nach welcher jede Wissenschaft einen speziellen Ausblick auf die Welt erarbeitet, einen Ausblick, der nur diejenigen Aspekte eines wirklichen Vorgangs heraussucht und sich aneignet, welche für diese Wissenschaft eigentümlich sind. Im Gegensatz dazu erfaßt die Technologie Vorgänge in der Gesamtheit ihrer Aspekte. Auf der Grundlage dieser Unterscheidung werden die Grundzüge des Verfahrens, welches zur Lösung von technologischen Problemen führt (Mittel zur Lösung, Natur des Verfahrens, besondere Kennzeichen der erzielten Lösungen), diskutiert.

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Arageorgis, A., Baltas, A. Demarcating technology from science: Problems and problem solving in technology. Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 20, 212–229 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801475

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