Carl Mitcham
(1941 - )

American philosopher of technology.

Science Quotes by Carl Mitcham (1)

[An engineer's] invention causes things to come into existence from ideas, makes world conform to thought; whereas science, by deriving ideas from observation, makes thought conform to existence.
— Carl Mitcham
Types of Technology', Research in Philosophy & Technology (1978), Vol. 1, 244.
See also:  |  Engineering (38)  |  Observation (147)  |  Science (463)  |  Science And Engineering (7)  |  Thought (66)


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