Philosophy and Engineering

Poel, Ibo Van De

Philosophy and Engineering An Emerging Agenda - New York Springer 2010 - 361p - Philosophy of Engineering and Technology; 201000ENGGPS2 .

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I Philosophy 2 Distinguishing Architects from Engineers: A Pilot Study in Differences Between Engineers and Other Technologists ...... 15 Michael Davis 3 The Rise of Philosophy of Engineering in the East and the West . . 31 Li Bo-cong 4 Multiple Facets of Philosophy and Engineering ........... 41 Paul T. Durbin 5 Comparing Approaches to the Philosophy of Engineering:Including the Linguistic Philosophical Approach .......... 49 Carl Mitcham and Robert Mackey 6 Focussing Philosophy of Engineering:Analyses of Technical Functions and Beyond Pieter E. Vermaas 7 Philosophy, Engineering, and the Sciences .............. 75 Joseph C. Pitt 8 Engineering Science as a "Discipline of the Particular"?Types of Generalization in Engineering Sciences .......... 83 Marc J. de Vries 9 How the Models of Engineering Tell the Truth ............ 95 Zachary Pirtle 10 Limits to Systems Engineering .................... 109 Maarten M. Ottens Part II Ethics 11 Integrity and the Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers ....... 125 Alastair S. Gunn 12 Prioritising People: Outline of an Aspirational Engineering Ethic . 135 W. Richard Bowen 13 Ethical Principles for Engineers in a Global Environment ..... 147 Heinz C. Luegenbiehl 14 Professional Ethics Without a Profession: A French View on Engineering Ethics Christelle Didier 15 Imagining Worlds: Responsible Engineering Under Conditions of Epistemic Opacity ................... 175 Mark Coeckelbergh 16 Transferring Responsibility Through Use Plans ........... 189 Auke Pols 17 Design Problems and Ethics ...................... 205 Wade Robison 18 Ethics in Innovation: Cooperation and Tension ........... 215 Merle de Kreuk, Ibo van de Poel, Sjoerd D. Zwart, and Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht 19 Teaching Ethics to Engineering Students: From Clean Concepts to Dirty Tricks Otto Kroesen and Sybrand van der Zwaag 20 A Collaborative Platform for Experiments in Ethics and Technology ... 239 Peter Daniel son Part III Reflection 21 Why Philosophy? Why Now? Engineering Responds to the Crisis of a Creative Era David E. Goldberg 22 A World of Things Not Facts ...... 265 Natasha McCarthy 23 Architecting Engineering Systems .... 275 Joel Moses 24 Bits Don`t Have Error Bars: Upward Conceptualization and Downward Approximation .... 285 Russ Abbott 25 Metaphysics of Engineering ..... 295 Taft H. Broome 26 Engineering Determinacy: The Exclusiveness of Technology and the Presence of the Indeterminate .... 305 Albrecht Fritzsche 27 Quo Vadis, Humans? Engineering the Survival of the Human Species ... 313 Billy Vaughn Koen 28 The Focal Engineering Experience .... 343 Gene Moriarty

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