Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice, Principles and Process
Building on the breakthrough text Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda, this book offers 30 chapters covering conceptual and substantive developments in the philosophy of engineering, along with a series of critical reflections by engineering practitioners. The volume demonstrates how ref...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
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Table of Contents:
- Part II: Reflections on Principles
- Chapter 10. Debunking Contemporary Myths Concerning Engineering; Billy Vaughn Koen
- Chapter 11. The Engineer’s Identity Crisis: Homo Faber or Homo Sapiens?; Priyan Dias
- Chapter 12. Varieties of Parthood: Ontology learns from Engineering; Peter Simons
- Chapter 13. Engineered Artifacts; Byron Newberry
- Chapter 14. Engineering Ethics: From Preventive Ethics to Aspirational Ethics; Charles E. Harris, Jr.
- Chapter 15. Making the Case for the Inclusion of Lay Persons on Engineering Accreditation Panels: A Role for an Engineering Hippocratic Oath?; William Grimson and Mike Murphy
- Chapter 16. Ethical Awareness in Chinese Professional Engineering Organizations: Textual Research on Constitutions of Chinese Engineering Societies; CAO Nanyan, SU Junbin, HU Mingyan
- Chapter 17. Engineering for Peace: An Obligation of Professional Capabilities; W. Richard Bowen
- Chapter 18. Roboethics and Telerobotic Weapons Systems; John P. Sullins
- Chapter 19. Normative Crossover: The Ethos of Socio-Technological Systems; Rune Nydal
- Part III: Reflections on Process
- Chapter 20. Translating Values into Design Requirements; Ibo van de Poel
- Chapter 21. Engineering Hubris: Adam Smith and the Quest for the Perfect Machine; Scott Forschler
- Chapter 22. The Technology of Collective Memory and the Normativity of Truth; Kieron O’Hara
- Chapter 23. Plans for Modeling Rational Acceptance of Technology; Wybo Houkes and Auke J.K. Pols
- Chapter 24. On the Epistemology of Breakthrough Innovation: The Orthogonal and Non-Linear Natures of Discovery; Bruce A. Vojak and Raymond L. Price
- Chapter 25. Uncertainty in the Design of Non-Prototypical Engineered Systems; William M. Bulleit
- Chapter 26. Object-Oriented Method and the Relationship between Structure and Function of Technical Artifacts; PAN Enrong
- Chapter 27. The Methodological Ladder of Industrialized Inventions: A Descriptive-Based and Explanation-Enhanced Prescriptive Model; M. H. Abolkheir
- Chapter 28. On the Feasibility ofNanotechnology: A Chinese Perspective; WANG Guoyu
- Chapter 29. Engineering Innovation: Energy, Policy, and the Role of Engineering; Zachary Pirtle
- Chapter 30. Is Engineering Philosophically Weak?; David E. Goldberg
- Preface
- Foreword: An Exchange with Carl Mitcham
- Part I: Reflections on Practice. Chapter 1. The Ignorance of Engineers and How They Know It; Hans Poser
- Chapter 2. Rules of Skill: Ethics in Engineering; Wade L. Robison
- Chapter 3. Engineering as Performance: An “Experiential Gestalt” for the Understanding of Engineering; Rick Evans
- Chapter 4. The Formulation of Engineering Identities: Storytelling as Philosophical Inquiry; Russell Korte
- Chapter 5. Ove Arup: Theoretical and Moral Positions in Action and the Origins of an Engineering Firm; Andrew Chilvers and Sarah Bell
- Chapter 6. Transferable Skills Development in Engineering Students: Analysis of Service-Learning Impact; Donna M. Rizzo, Mandar M. Dewoolkar, and Nancy J. Hayden
- Chapter 7. Future Reflective Practitioners: The Contributions of Philosophy; Viola Schiaffionati
- Chapter 8. Fitting Engineering into Philosophy; Joseph C. Pitt
- Chapter 9. Engineering as Willing; Jon Alan Schmidt