Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice, Principles and Process - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9400777639 ISBN 13: 9789400777637

Casa editrice: Springer, 2014

Riassunto

Preface.- Foreword: An Exchange with Carl Mitcham.- Part I: Reflections on Practice. Chapter 1. The Ignorance of Engineers and How They Know It; Hans Poser.- Chapter 2. Rules of Skill: Ethics in Engineering; Wade L. Robison.- Chapter 3. Engineering as Performance: An "Experiential Gestalt" for the Understanding of Engineering; Rick Evans.- Chapter 4. The Formulation of Engineering Identities: Storytelling as Philosophical Inquiry; Russell Korte.- Chapter 5. Ove Arup: Theoretical and Moral Positions in Action and the Origins of an Engineering Firm; Andrew Chilvers and Sarah Bell.- Chapter 6. Transferable Skills Development in Engineering Students: Analysis of Service-Learning Impact; Donna M. Rizzo, Mandar M. Dewoolkar, and Nancy J. Hayden.- Chapter 7. Future Reflective Practitioners: The Contributions of Philosophy; Viola Schiaffionati.- Chapter 8. Fitting Engineering into Philosophy; Joseph C. Pitt.- Chapter 9. Engineering as Willing; Jon Alan Schmidt.- Part II: Reflections on Principles.- Chapter 10. Debunking Contemporary Myths Concerning Engineering; Billy Vaughn Koen.- Chapter 11. The Engineer's Identity Crisis: Homo Faber or Homo Sapiens?; Priyan Dias.- Chapter 12. Varieties of Parthood: Ontology learns from Engineering; Peter Simons.- Chapter 13. Engineered Artifacts; Byron Newberry.- Chapter 14. Engineering Ethics: From Preventive Ethics to Aspirational Ethics; Charles E. Harris, Jr..- Chapter 15. Making the Case for the Inclusion of Lay Persons on Engineering Accreditation Panels: A Role for an Engineering Hippocratic Oath?; William Grimson and Mike Murphy.- Chapter 16. Ethical Awareness in Chinese Professional Engineering Organizations: Textual Research on Constitutions of Chinese Engineering Societies; CAO Nanyan, SU Junbin, HU Mingyan.- Chapter 17. Engineering for Peace: An Obligation of Professional Capabilities; W. Richard Bowen.- Chapter 18. Roboethics and Telerobotic Weapons Systems; John P. Sullins.- Chapter 19. Normative Crossover: The Ethos of Socio-Technological Systems; Rune Nydal.- Part III: Reflections on Process.-Chapter 20. Translating Values into Design Requirements; Ibo van de Poel.- Chapter 21. Engineering Hubris: Adam Smith and the Quest for the Perfect Machine; Scott Forschler.-Chapter 22. The Technology of Collective Memory and the Normativity of Truth; Kieron O'Hara.- Chapter 23. Plans for Modeling Rational Acceptance of Technology; Wybo Houkes and Auke J.K. Pols.- Chapter 24. On the Epistemology of Breakthrough Innovation: The Orthogonal and Non-Linear Natures of Discovery; Bruce A. Vojak and Raymond L. Price.-Chapter 25. Uncertainty in the Design of Non-Prototypical Engineered Systems; William M. Bulleit.- Chapter 26. Object-Oriented Method and the Relationship between Structure and Function of Technical Artifacts; PAN Enrong.- Chapter 27. The Methodological Ladder of Industrialized Inventions: A Descriptive-Based and Explanation-Enhanced Prescriptive Model; M. H. Abolkheir.- Chapter 28. On the Feasibility of Nanotechnology: A Chinese Perspective; WANG Guoyu.- Chapter 29. Engineering Innovation: Energy, Policy, and the Role of Engineering; Zachary Pirtle.- Chapter 30. Is Engineering Philosophically Weak?; David E. Goldberg.​

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9400777639
• ISBN 13: 9789400777637
• Rilegatura: Paperback
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