Philosophy of engineering, East and West. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Carl Mitcham ; associate editors, Li Bocong, Byron Newberry, Zhang Baichun.
• Editors: Mitcham, Carl; Li, Bocong; Newberry, Byron; Zhang, Baichun, 1960-
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Apology; Formatting Note; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Intensifying Encounters; Introduction; Joseph Needham: Science, Technology, and Philosophy; John Dewey: Complementing Needham; Philosophy of Engineering: Theoretical Issues; Philosophy of Engineering: Practical Issues; Philosophical Perspectives on Engineering History; Engineering, Ethics, and Society; Supplementary Interviews; Conclusion; References; Part I: Philosophy of Engineering: Theoretical Issues; Chapter 1: On Relationships between the History and Philosophy of Engineering 1.1 Introduction1.2 Two Disciplines with a Common Fate; 1.3 The Lakatos Thesis; 1.4 Distinguishing Histories; 1.5 Engineering Evolution; 1.6 The Engineering Community; 1.7 Tensions and Complementarities; References; Chapter 2: Critical Thinking and Heuristics: What Philosophy Can Learn from Engineering about the Back of the Envelope; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Heuristical Reasoning and Critical Thinking; 2.3 The Heuristical Benefits of Critical Thinking Fallacies; 2.4 Critical Thinking Revisited; References; Chapter 3: Ontology of Technical Artifacts: A Proposal; 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Background3.3 Problems and Reactions; 3.4 Toward a New Proposal; 3.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Toward an Experimental Philosophy of Engineering; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Two Paradoxes in Classical Philosophy of Technology; 4.3 Insight from Experimental Metaphysics; 4.4 Uncertainty and Experiment in Engineering; 4.4.1 Learning from Experiment; 4.4.2 Engineering Failure as Experiment; 4.4.3 Foresight as Collective Projecting; 4.5 The Co-evolution of Human Beings and Engineering Through Experiments; 4.6 Conclusion; References Chapter 5: Feasibility and Acceptability in Engineering5.1 Introduction: Posing the Question; 5.2 PX Project and Dimensions in Feasibility Studies; 5.3 Acceptance and Acceptability; 5.4 Feasibility Decision Making Based on Acceptability; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Ancient Chinese Attitudes toward Technics: Chinese Philosophy of Technology Prior to the 1800s; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 æ#x98;#x93;ç»#x8F;Yijing: A Basic Source of Chinese Attitudes Toward Technics; 6.3 å·¥ Kaogong ji: Earliest Chinese Text on Technics; 6.4 Confucianism: Ethics over Technics 6.5 Daoism: Technics as Intuition and Distraction6.6 天工å¼#x80;ç#x89;© Tiangong kaiwu: A Seventeenth Century Chinese Encyclopedia of Technics; 6.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: From Engineering to the Philosophy of Engineering: Philosophical Reflections of an Engineer; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Engineering-Philosophy Gap; 7.3 The Nature of Engineering; 7.4 The Role and Responsibilities of Engineers; 7.5 The Evolution of Engineering; 7.6 Engineering and the Philosophy of Engineering; 7.7 Conclusion; References; Part II: Philosophy of Engineering: Practical Issues Chapter 8: An Engineerâ#x80;#x99;s Approach to the Philosophy of Engineering
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.001; Philosophy; Engineering -- Orient -- Philosophy; Engineering -- Western countries -- Philosophy; Engineering -- Orient -- History; Engineering -- Western countries -- History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference; Engineering; Engineering -- Philosophy; Technology & Engineering -- Industrial Design -- Product; Technical design; Engineering design; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy; Asia -- Orient; Western countries; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319624501; 3319624504
• Related ISBNs: 9783319624488; 3319624482
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