Joseph Agassi's distinction and characterization of science, applied science, and technology—with invention connecting applied science and technology—has been a signal contribution. His theory of science, though, is flawed by his rejection of any role for corroboration, when corroboration in fact has guided researchers in various ways. His later, more extensive discussions of these issues, unfortunately have not advanced on his important early work.
AgassiJoseph. 1966. “The Confusion Between Science and Technology in the Standard Philosophies of Science.” Technology and Culture7: 348-366. Reprinted as Ch. 12 of Science in Flux, Agassi 1975.
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