van de Poel / Goldberg Philosophy and Engineering: An Emerging Agenda

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-481-2804-4
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 361 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

van de Poel, Ibo

Goldberg, David E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 EngineeringExperience.