Technological knowledge and technological change

Abstract Interest in technological change stems from our belief that it is responsible for inducing lasting social and economic changes. One important aspect of technological change that is often overlooked in the literature on the history of technology in general and technological change in particular is its cognitive aspect. This is because of the apparently tacit nature of technological knowledge. It is argued that instead of putting primary emphasis on change in the physical artifacts of this phenomenon, models and theories of technological change should take into consideration how the knowledge content of technology itself changes. Hence, technological change should be conceptualized and modeled within the framework of an evolutionary epistemology of technological knowledge.

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