Philosophy of technology and engineering sciences. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anthonie Meijers.
• Other Names: Meijers, Anthonie
• Contents: General Introduction (Anthonie Meijers, editor) Part I: Technology, Engineering and the Sciences Introduction to Part I (Hans Radder, associate editor) Defining Technology and the Engineering Sciences (Carl Mitcham and Eric Schatzberg) Science, Technology and the Science-Technology Relationship (Hans Radder) The Role of Social Science in Engineering (Knut Holtan Sørensen) The Emergence of the Engineering Sciences: An Historical Analysis (David F. Channell) Coherence and Diversity in the Engineering Sciences (Gerhard Banse and Armin Grunwald) Part II: Ontology and Epistemology of Artifacts Introduction to Part II (Wybo Houkes, associate editor) Artifacts in Metaphysics (Amie L. Thomasson) Philosophical Theories of Artifact Function (Beth Preston) Functional Decomposition and Mereology in Engineering (Pieter Vermaas and Pawel Garbacz) Artifacts in Formal Ontology (Stefano Borgo and Laure Vieu) The Nature of Technological Knowledge (Wybo Houkes) Tacit Knowledge and Engineering Design (Paul Nightingale) Practical Reasoning and Engineering (Jesse Hughes) Part III: Philosophy of Engineering Design Introduction to Part III (Peter Kroes, associate editor) Thinking about Design: An Historical Perspective (Richard Buchanan) Typologies of Design Practice (Kees Dorst and Kees van Overveld) Translating Customer Requirements into Technical Specifications (Marc de Vries) Foundational Issues of Engineering Design (Peter Kroes) Computational Representations of Function in Engineering Design (William H. Wood) Rationality in Design (Peter Kroes, Maarten Franssen and Louis Bucciarelli) Designing Socio-Technical Systems (Johannes M. Bauer and Paulien M. Herder) Part IV: Modeling in Engineering Sciences Introduction to Part IV (Sjoerd Zwart, associate editor) The Notion of a Model: A Historical Overview (Roland Müller) Functional Modeling and Mathematical Models: A Semantic Analysis (Wilfrid Hodges) Models as Epistemic Tools in Engineering Sciences (Mieke Boon and Tarja Knuuttila) Model-Based Reasoning in Interdisciplinary Engineering (Nancy J. Nersessian and Christopher Patton) Scale Modelling in Engineering: Froude’s Case (Sjoerd Zwart) Similarity and Dimensional Analysis (Susan G. Sterett) Measurement Theory and Engineering (Patrick Suppes) Technological Explanation (Joseph C. Pitt) Part V: Norms and Values in Technology and Engineering Introduction to Part V (Ibo van de Poel, associate editor) Why Technologies Are Inherently Normative (Hans Radder) Artifacts and Normativity (Maarten Franssen) Professional Standards in Engineering Practice (Michael Pritchard) Values in Engineering Design (Ibo van de Poel) The Concept of Efficiency: An Historical Analysis (Jennifer K. Alexander) Aesthetic Values in Technology and Engineering Design (Joachim Schummer, Bruce MacLennan, and Nigel Taylor) Risk and Safety in Technology (Sven Ove Hansson) Technology Assessment: Concepts and Methods (Armin Grunwald) The Interaction of Ethics and Technology in Historical Perspective (Carl Mitcham and Adam Briggle) Part VI. Philosophical Issues in Engineering Disciplines Introduction to Part VI (Sven Ove Hansson, associate editor) Philosophy of Architecture (Christian Illies and Nicholas Ray) Philosophy of Agricultural Technology (Paul Thompson) Philosophy of Medical Technology (Sven Ove Hansson) Philosophy of Biotechnology (Henk van den Belt) Philosophy of Computing and Information Technology (Philip Brey and Johnny Hartz Søraker) Index (Compiled by Marcel Scheele and Andreas Spahn) For a complete Table of Contents visit www.elsevierdirect.com/9780444516671
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : North Holland
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (1472 pages)
• Subjects: 601; Technology -- Philosophy; Engineering design -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080930749; 0080930743
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