论科学与工程的异同

Similarities and differences between science and engineering

明晰科学与工程的区别是科学、技术、工程“三元论”确立的一个必要前提。文章从认识论上概括出二者之间的三个区别,即科学知识与know-why相关,工程知识与know-how相关;科学的目的在于获得知识,科学的目的性相对较弱;而工程的目的在于观念的物化,工程的目的性相对较强;科学是价值中立的,而工程是与价值相关的。

Understanding the differences between science and engineering is the necessary precondition to establish the ternary mixture of science, technology and engineering. Generalizes three differences between science and engineering, they are： science knowledge correlates with know - why, engineering knowledge correlates with know - how; the object of science is acquiring knowledge, and is weak correspodingly; the object of engineering is materialization of concept and is strong correspondingly; on the view of value, science is adiaphorous, engineering is correlative.