| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 431 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 1879-7202 ; volume 15 |
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Philosophy of engineering and technology ; v. 15. 1879-7202
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| Contents |
Reflections on Practice. The Ignorance of Engineers and How They Know It / Hans Poser -- Rules of Skill: Ethics in Engineering / Wade L. Robison -- Engineering as Performance: An "Experiential Gestalt" for Understanding Engineering / Rick Evans -- The Formulation of Engineering Identities: Storytelling as Philosophical Inquiry / Russell Korte -- Ove Arup: Theoretical and Moral Positions in Practice and the Origins of an Engineering Firm / Andrew Chilvers, Sarah Bell -- Transferable Skills Development in Engineering Students: Analysis of Service-Learning Impact / Donna M. Rizzo, Mandar M. Dewoolkar, Nancy J. Hayden -- Future Reflective Practitioners: The Contributions of Philosophy / Viola Schiaffonati -- Fitting Engineering into Philosophy / Joseph C. Pitt -- Engineering as Willing / Jon Alan Schmidt -- Reflections on Principles. Debunking Contemporary Myths Concerning Engineering / Billy Vaughn Koen -- The Engineer's Identity Crisis: Homo Faber or Homo Sapiens? / Priyan Dias -- Varieties of Parthood: Ontology Learns from Engineering / Peter Simons -- Engineered Artifacts / Byron Newberry -- Engineering Ethics: From Preventive Ethics to Aspirational Ethics / Charles E. Harris Jr. -- Making the Case for the Inclusion of Lay Persons on Engineering Accreditation Panels: A Role for an Engineering Hippocratic Oath? / William Grimson, Mike Murphy -- Ethical Awareness in Chinese Professional Engineering Societies: Textual Research on Constitutions of Chinese Engineering Organizations / CAO Nanyan, SU Junbin, HU Mingyan -- Engineering for Peace: An Obligation of Professional Capabilities / W. Richard Bowen -- Roboethics and Telerobotic Weapons Systems / John P. Sullins -- Normative Crossover: The Ethos of Socio-technological Systems / Rune Nydal -- Reflections on Process. Translating Values into Design Requirements / Ibo van de Poel -- Engineering Hubris: Adam Smith and the Quest for the Perfect Machine / Scott Forschler -- The Technology of Collective Memory and the Normativity of Truth / Kieron O'Hara -- Plans for Modeling Rational Acceptance of Technology / Wybo Houkes, Auke J.K. Pols -- On the Epistemology of Breakthrough Innovation: The Orthogonal and Non-linear Natures of Discovery / Bruce A. Vojak, Raymond L. Price -- Uncertainty in the Design of Non-prototypical Engineered Systems / William M. Bulleit -- Object-Oriented Method and the Relationship Between Structure and Function of Technical Artifacts / PAN Enrong -- The Methodological Ladder of Industrialised Inventions: A Description-Based and Explanation-Enhanced Prescriptive Model / M.H. Abolkheir -- On the Feasibility of Nanotechnology: A Chinese Perspective / WANG Guoyu -- Engineering Innovation: Energy, Policy, and the Role of Engineering / Zachary Pirtle -- Is Engineering Philosophically Weak? / David E. Goldberg |
| Summary |
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 reflective engineering can contribute to a better understanding of engineering identity and explores how integrating engineering and philosophy could lead to innovation in engineering methods, design and education. The volume is divided into reflections on practice, principles and process, each of which challenges prevalent assumptions and commitments within engineering and philosophy. The volume explores the ontological and epistemological dimensions of engineering and exposes the falsity of the commonly held belief that the field is simply the application of science knowledge to problem solving. Above all, the perspectives collected here demonstrate the value of a constructive dialogue between engineering and philosophy and show how collaboration between the disciplines casts light on longstanding problems from both sides. The chapters in this volume are from a diverse and international body of authors, including philosophers and engineers, and represent a highly select group of papers originally presented in three different conferences. These are the 2008 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering (WPE-2008) held at the Royal Academy of Engineering; the 2009 meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT-2009) at the University of Twente in the Netherlands; and the Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPET-2010), held in Golden, Colorado at the Colorado School of Mines |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2014) |
| Subject |
Engineering -- Philosophy
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Philosophy and science.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
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Engineering -- Philosophy
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Philosophy and science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Michelfelder, Diane P., 1953- editor.
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McCarthy, Natasha, editor
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Goldberg, David E. (David Edward), 1953- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789400777620 |
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9400777620 |
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9400777612 |
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9789400777613 |
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9781306544153 |
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1306544157 |
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