Theory of Technology

Multidimensional model of technology

(in Polish: Wielowymiarowy model techniki), Chapter in: L. Zacher (ed.) , Science – Technology – Society, book in Polish: Nauka - Technika – Spoleczenstwo, Warsaw 2011, 19pp, accepted for publication 11/02/2010 (forthcoming).

Karol I. Pelc

Six dimensions of technology are identified: engineering/industrial, cognitive, social, commercial, economic, and ethical/legal. Each of them is characterized in terms of main attributes. Moral aspects of sustainability are considered in the context of technological change.