Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda
Whereas science, technology, and medicine have all called forth dedicated philosophical investigations, a fourth major contributor to the technoscientific world in which we all live - that is, engineering - has been accorded almost none of the philosophical attention it deserves. This volume thus of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Series: | Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and Engineering: Setting the Stage
- Distinguishing Architects from Engineers: A Pilot Study in Differences Between Engineers and Other Technologists
- The Rise of Philosophy of Engineering in the East and the West
- Multiple Facets of Philosophy and Engineering
- Comparing Approaches to the Philosophy of Engineering: Including the Linguistic Philosophical Approach
- Focussing Philosophy of Engineering: Analyses of Technical Functions and Beyond
- Philosophy, Engineering, and the Sciences
- Engineering Science as a “Discipline of the Particular”? Types of Generalization in Engineering Sciences
- How the Models of Engineering Tell the Truth
- Limits to Systems Engineering
- Ethics
- Integrity and the Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers
- Prioritising People: Outline of an Aspirational Engineering Ethic
- Ethical Principles for Engineers in a Global Environment
- Professional Ethics Without a Profession: A French View on Engineering Ethics
- Imagining Worlds: Responsible Engineering Under Conditions of Epistemic Opacity
- Transferring Responsibility Through Use Plans
- Design Problems and Ethics
- Ethics in Innovation: Cooperation and Tension
- Teaching Ethics to Engineering Students: From Clean Concepts to Dirty Tricks
- A Collaborative Platform for Experiments in Ethics and Technology
- Reflection
- Why Philosophy? Why Now? Engineering Responds to the Crisis of a Creative Era
- A World of Things Not Facts
- Architecting Engineering Systems
- Bits Don’t Have Error Bars: Upward Conceptualization and Downward Approximation
- Metaphysics of Engineering
- Engineering Determinacy: The Exclusiveness of Technology and the Presence of the Indeterminate
- Quo Vadis, Humans? Engineering the Survival of the Human Species
- The Focal EngineeringExperience