Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda

By Ibo van de Poel and Poel

Book Overview

Part 1: Philosophy Editors: Carl Mitcham and Michael Davis 2. Distinguishing architects from engineers. A pilot study in differences between engineers and other technologists, Michael Davis 3. The rise of philosophy of engineering in the East and the West, Li Bo-con 4. Multiple facets of philosophy and engineering, Paul T. Durbin 5. Comparing approaches to the philosophy of engineering. Including the linguistic philosophical approach, Carl Mitcham and Robert Mackay 6. Focusing philosophy of engineering. Analyses of technical functions and beyond, Pieter E. Vermaas 7. Philosophy, engineering and the sciences, Jospeh C. Pitt 8. Engineering science as a 'discipline of the particular'? Types of generalization in engineering sciences, Marc J. de Vries 9. How the models of engineering tell the truth, Zachary Pirtle 10. Limits to systems engineering, Maarten Ottens Part 2: Ethics Editors: P. Aarne Vesilind and Ibo van de Poel 11. Integrity and the ethical responsibilities of engineers, Alastair S. Gunn 12. Prioritizing people. Outline of an aspirational engineering ethic, W. Richard Bowen 13. Ethical principles for engineers in a global environment, Heinz C. Luegenbiehl 14. Professional ethics without a profession. A French view of engineering ethics Christelle Didier 15. Imagining worlds. Responsible engineering under conditions of epistemic opacity, Mark Coeckelbergh 16. Transferring responsibility through use plans, Auke Pols 17. Design problems and ethics, Wade Robison 18. Ethics in innovation. Cooperation and tension, Merle de Kreuk, Ibo van de Poel, Sjoerd Zwart and Mark van Loosdrecht 19. Teaching ethics to engineering students: from clean concepts to dirty tricks. The impact of practical circumstances and personal relationships on ethical decision-making, Otto Kroesen and Sybrand van der Zwaag 20. A collaborative platform for experiments in ethics andtechnology, Peter Danielson Part 3: Reflection Editors: Billy Vaughn Koen and David E. Goldberg 21. Why Philosophy? Why Now? Engineering responds to the crisis of the creative era, David E. Goldberg 22. A world of things not facts, Natasha McCarthy 23. Architecting Engineering Systems, Joel Moses 24. Bits don't have error bars. Upward conceptualization and downward approximation, Russ Abbott 25. Metaphysics of Engineering, Taft H. Broome, Jr. 26. Engineering determinacy. The exclusiveness of technology and the presence of the indeterminate, Albrecht Fritzsche 27. The focal engineering experience, Gene Moriarty 28. Quo Vadis, Humans? Engineering the Survival of the Human Species, Billy Vaughn Koen

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400731035
• ISBN13: 9789400731035
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"