Technique includes mental and philosophical instruments, not just industrial science

Evidence

It is through these “societies” that the individual belongs to the human race. Thus the ways in which the single individual enters into relation with nature are many and complex, since by technique one should understand not only the ensemble of scientific ideas applied industrially (which is the normal meaning of the word) but also the “mental” instruments, philosophical knowledge. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1261

Categorization

• DEFINE: Widens ‘technique’ to encompass intellectual practice — a definitional move the reader’s toolkit needs.