Status of Technological Knowledge

What is the status of technological knowledge in the scientific mosaic? Can technological knowledge be accepted into a mosaic?

Nicholas Overgaard explains the topic

Consider typical instances of technological knowledge such as "x is an effective treatment for medical condition y", "z is a useful technology for bridge-building", "p is a statistically valid technique for assessing public opinion about q". While these techniques will naturally qualify as being used, the question is whether these propositions should also be classified as accepted.

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Sean Cohmer in 2015. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. At the moment, the question has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.

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Acceptance Record

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Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	1 January 2016	It was acknowledged as an open question by the Scientonomy Seminar 2015.	Yes

All Theories

The following theories have attempted to answer this question:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Technological Knowledge as Part of Mosaic (Mirkin-2018)	Propositional technological knowledge can be accepted and be part of a mosaic	2018

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Accepted Theories

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Suggested Modifications

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Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2018-0012	Scientonomy	28 December 2018	Accept that propositional technological knowledge – i.e. technological questions, theories, and methods – can be part of a mosaic.	Open

Current View

There is currently no accepted answer to this question.

Open Questions

The following related topic(s) currently lack an accepted answer:

• Methods and Technical Research Tools: What is the relationship between methods and technical research tools? The topic has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.
• Technological Theory: What is technological theory? How should it be defined? The topic has no accepted answer in Scientonomy.

Related Topics

This topic is a sub-topic of Epistemic Elements. It has the following sub-topic(s):

• Methods and Technical Research Tools

This topic is also related to the following topic(s):

• Theory Acceptance
• Theory Use
• Technological Theory

Contributors

Jacob MacKinnon (6.9%), Hakob Barseghyan (35.9%), Jacqueline Sereda (57.2%)