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philosophical field dedicated to studying the nature of
technology and its social effects.   Greek philosophy[edit]  The
western term 'technology' comes from the Greek term techne
(τέχνη) (art, or craft knowledge) and philosophical views on
technology can be traced to the very roots of Western
philosophy. A common theme in the Greek view of techne is that
it arises as an imitation of nature(for example, weaving
developed out of watching spiders). Greek philosophers such as
Heraclitus and Democritus endorsed this view. [1] In his Physics
Aristotle agreed that this imitation was often the case, but
also argued that techne can go beyond nature and complete "what
nature cannot bring to a finish"[2] Aristotle also argued that
nature (physis) and techne are ontologically distinct because
natural things have an inner principle of generation and motion,
as well as an inner teleological final ca