On the Views of Creation of Technological Invention in Social Constructivism
Hong Wu · Journal of Northeastern University · 2011
Invention and creation is an important component in technological activities;therefore,the scholars have kept on exploring invention and creation for a long time and formulated different views of invention and creation at different times.Basically,there are two theoretical sources of the views of creation of technological invention in social constructivism — sociology of invention at its early stage and strong sociology of scientific knowledge.This paper elaborates on the formation of ideas of invention from the perspectives of construction and socio-economic shaping of invention as well as the main characteristics of technological invention,so as to reveal how the ideas of invention get constructed and finally create an artifact under the influence of various social factors.