A COURSE MODULE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v CHAPTER 1 GENERAL CONCEPTS AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Lesson 1: Understanding Science and the Scientific Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lesson 2: Intellectual Revolutions that Defined Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lesson 3: Cradles of Early Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CHAPTER 2 THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NATION-BUILDING Lesson 1: The Philippine Government Science and Technology Agenda. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Lesson 2: Programs and Personalities in Science and Technology in the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lesson 3: Science Education in the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Lesson 4: Indigenous Science and Technology in the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CHAPTER 3 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
Lesson 1: Human Flourishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Lesson 2: Téchnē and Epistēmē . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Lesson3:TheGoodLife................................................... 91 Lesson 4: Ethics and Values in Science, Technology, and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
CHAPTER 4 SPECIFIC ISSUES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Lesson 1: The Information Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Lesson 2: Biodiversity and the Healthy Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Lesson 3: Genetically Modified Organisms: Science, Health, and Politics . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Lesson 4: The Nanoworld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Lesson 5: The Aspects of Gene Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Lesson 6: Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Photo Attribution ........................................................... 183 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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