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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Poel, Ibo van de, 1966- (-), Goldberg, David E. (David Edward), 1953-, Davis, Michael, 1943-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer c2010.
Colección:Philosophy of engineering and technology ; v. 2.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009445070406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Engineering Experience.