Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Social Progress

Author:   Zachary Pirtle ,  David Tomblin ,  Guru Madhavan
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   37
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9783030701017


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   15 May 2022
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Author:   Zachary Pirtle ,  David Tomblin ,  Guru Madhavan
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   37
Weight:   0.593kg
ISBN:  

9783030701017


ISBN 10:   3030701018
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   15 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Chapter 1. Reimagining Conceptions of Technological and Societal ProgressZachary Pirtle, David Tomblin, and Guru Madhavan Section IA. Technological Progress: Reimagining How Engineering Relates to the SciencesChapter 2. Engineering Design Principles in Natural and Artificial Systems. Part I: Generative Entrenchment and ModularityWilliam C. Wimsatt Chapter 3. Technological Progress in the Life SciencesJanella Baxter Section 1B: Technological Progress: Re-imagining Engineering KnowledgeChapter 4. Philosophical Observations and Applications in Systems and Aerospace EngineeringStephen B. Johnson Chapter 5. Prehistoric Stone Tool Technology and Epistemic ComplexityManjari Chakraborty Chapter 6. Narrative and Epistemic Positioning: The Case of the Dandelion PilotDominic J. Berry Section 2A. Social Progress: Considering Engineers’ Ethical PrinciplesChapter 7. Constructing Situated and Social Knowledge: Ethical, Sociological, and Phenomenological Factors in Technological DesignDamien Patrick Williams Chapter 8. Towards an Engineering Ethics with Non-engineers: How Western Engineering Ethics May Learn from TaiwanBono Po-Jen Shih Chapter 9. Broadening Engineering Identity: Moving beyond Problem SolvingThomas Siller, Gerry Johnson, and Russell Korte Section 2B. Reimagining values and culture in engineering and engineered systemsChapter 10. Engineering, Judgement and Engineering Judgement: A Proposed DefinitionDaniel McLaughlin, PE Chapter 11. Technology, Uncertainty, and the Good Life: A Stoic PerspectiveTonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl Section 3A. Re-imagining how engineering relates to complex sociotechnical systemsChapter 12. The Impact of Robot Companions on the Moral Development of ChildrenYvette Pearson and Jason Borenstein Chapter 13. Engineering Our Selves: Morphological Freedom and the Myth of MultiplicityJoshua Earle Section 3B: Reimagining Social Progress in Democracy, and the need to Align Engineering to Social ValuesChapter 14. Shared Learning to Explore the Philosophies, Policies and Practices of Engineering: The Case of the Atlantic Coast PipelineRider W. Foley and Elise Barrella Chapter 15. Middle Grounds: Art and PluralismCaitlin Foley and Misha Rabinovich  Chapter 16. The Artefact on Stage – Object Theatre and Philosophy of Engineering and TechnologyAlbrecht Fritzsche Chapter 17. Imagined Systems: How the Speculative Novel Infomocracy offers a Simulation of the Relationship between Democracy, Technology, and SocietyMalka Older and Zachary Pirtle Section 4. Provocative ConclusionChapter 18. The Discrete Scaffold for Generic Design, an Interdisciplinary Craft Work for the FutureIra Monarch, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Anne-Françoise Schmid, and Muriel Mambrini-Doudet

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Zachary Pirtle is a researcher of systems engineering and philosophy based in Washington, D.C., as well as a program executive and engineer enabling science and human exploration on the Moon. David Tomblin is director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering.

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