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1 online resource |
| Series |
Springer briefs in philosophy, 2211-4548 |
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SpringerBriefs in philosophy.
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| Contents |
Introduction; 1 Assessing the Explanatory Relevance of Ascriptions of Technical Functions; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Functional Versus Teleological Explanation: Why Was Artifact X Produced?; 1.2.1 The ICE Theory of Technical Functions; 1.2.2 Heuristics of Technical Function Ascriptions; 1.3 Malfunction Explanation; 1.3.1 Malfunction Analysis: An Engineering Example; 1.4 Conclusions; References; 2 Mechanistic Explanation in Engineering Science; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Mechanistic Explanation in Engineering Science |
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2.2.1 Mechanistic Explanation: Explanation by Decomposition and (Role) Function Ascription2.2.2 Function and Functional Decomposition in Engineering; 2.2.3 Reverse Engineering Explanation (and Redesign): Token Level Capacity Explanation; 2.2.4 Malfunction Explanation; 2.2.5 Abstraction, Generality, and Type Level Capacity Explanation; 2.2.6 Capturing Mechanistic Explanation in Engineering Science: Pluralism About Mechanistic Role Functions; 2.3 Explanation by Effect Functional Decomposition: Where Engineering and Systems Biology Meet |
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2.3.1 Engineering and Mechanistic Explanation in System Biology: The E. coli Heat Shock Case2.4 Explanatory Power: Rethinking the Explanatory Desiderata of 'Abstraction' and 'Completeness and Specificity'; 2.4.1 Malfunction Explanation: Local Specificity and Global Abstraction; 2.4.2 Malfunction Explanation in Biology; References; 3 Assessing the Roles of Design Representations: Counterfactual Understanding and Technical Advantage Predictions; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Design Representations and the Problem of the Absent Artifact |
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3.3 Exposing the Problem of the Absent Artifact as a Pseudo-Problem3.4 Elaborating Roles of Design Representations; 3.4.1 Counterfactual Understanding; 3.4.2 Prediction and Technical Advantage Statements; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 On Testing Engineering Design Methods: Explanation, Reverse Engineering, and Constitutive Relevance; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mechanistic Explanation: Explanation by Decomposition; 4.2.1 Mechanistic Explanation; 4.3 Mutual Manipulability and the Causal-Constitutive Relevance Distinction; 4.3.1 Mutual Manipulability |
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4.3.2 Fat-Handedness and Mutual Manipulability Combined4.4 Testing (Reverse) Engineering Design Methods: Applying Mutual Manipulability; 4.4.1 Mechanistic Reverse Engineering Explanation; 4.4.2 Testing Case; 4.4.3 The Goodness of Design Representations; 4.5 Outlook and Conclusions; References |
| Summary |
This book discusses the relationship between the philosophy of science and philosophy of engineering, and demonstrates how philosophers of engineering design as well as design researchers can benefit from the conceptual toolkit that the philosophy of science has to offer. In this regard, it employs conceptual tools from the philosophical literature on scientific explanation to address key issues in engineering design and philosophy of engineering design. Specifically, the book focuses on assessing the explanatory value of function ascriptions used in engineering design and philosophy of technical functions; on elaborating the structure of explanation in engineering design; on assessing the role and value of design representations in engineering design and philosophy thereof; and on elaborating means for the testing of design methods. Presenting a novel and effective approach to tackling key issues in the field, philosophers of engineering and design alike will greatly benefit from this book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 4, 2016) |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Engineering design -- Philosophy
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Mechanics of solids.
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Mechanical engineering.
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Philosophy of science.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
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Science -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319351551 |
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3319351559 |
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