Comprehensive overview of contemporary research topics in Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Focuses on practical frameworks of ethics in relation to engineering and technology
Includes chapters on policy implications, design and maintenance of systems and links to art and literature
Comprehensive overview of contemporary research topics in Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Focuses on practical frameworks of ethics in relation to engineering and technology
Includes chapters on policy implications, design and maintenance of systems and links to art and literature
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.
Engineers love to build "things” and have an innate sense of wanting to help society. However, these desires are often not connected or developed through reflections on the complexities of philosophy, biology, economics, politics, environment, and culture. To guide future efforts and to best bring about human flourishment and a just world, Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Progress brings together practitioners and scholars to inspire deeper conversations on the nature and varieties of engineering. The perspectives in this book are an act of reimagination: how does engineering serve society, and in a vital sense, how should it.
Chapter 1. Reimagining Conceptions of Technological and Societal Progress
Zachary Pirtle, David Tomblin, and Guru Madhavan
Section IA. Technological Progress: Reimagining How Engineering Relates to the Sciences
Chapter 2. Engineering Design Principles in Natural and Artificial Systems. Part I: Generative Entrenchment and Modularity
William C. Wimsatt
Chapter 3. Technological Progress in the Life Sciences
Janella Baxter
Section 1B: Technological Progress: Re-imagining Engineering Knowledge
Chapter 4. Philosophical Observations and Applications in Systems and Aerospace Engineering
Stephen B. Johnson
Chapter 5. Prehistoric Stone Tool Technology and Epistemic Complexity
Manjari Chakraborty
Chapter 6. Narrative and Epistemic Positioning: The Case of the Dandelion Pilot
Dominic J. Berry
Section 2A. Social Progress: Considering Engineers´ Ethical Principles
Chapter 7. Constructing Situated and Social Knowledge: Ethical, Sociological, and Phenomenological Factors in Technological Design
Damien Patrick Williams
Chapter 8. Towards an Engineering Ethics with Non-engineers: How Western Engineering Ethics May Learn from Taiwan
Bono Po-Jen Shih
Chapter 9. Broadening Engineering Identity: Moving beyond Problem Solving
Thomas Siller, Gerry Johnson, and Russell Korte
Section 2B. Reimagining values and culture in engineering and engineered systems
Chapter 10. Engineering, Judgement and Engineering Judgement: A Proposed Definition
Daniel McLaughlin, PE
Chapter 11. Technology, Uncertainty, and the Good Life: A Stoic Perspective
Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl
Section 3A. Re-imagining how engineering relates to complex sociotechnical systems
Chapter 12. The Impact of Robot Companions on the Moral Development of Children
Yvette Pearson and Jason Borenstein
Chapter 13. Engineering Our Selves: Morphological Freedom and the Myth of Multiplicity
Joshua Earle
Section 3B: Reimagining Social Progress in Democracy, and the need to Align Engineering to Social Values
Chapter 14. Shared Learning to Explore the Philosophies, Policies and Practices of Engineering: The Case of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Rider W. Foley and Elise Barrella
Chapter 15. Middle Grounds: Art and Pluralism
Caitlin Foley and Misha Rabinovich
Chapter 16. The Artefact on Stage – Object Theatre and Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Albrecht Fritzsche
Chapter 17. Imagined Systems: How the Speculative Novel Infomocracy offers a Simulation of the Relationship between Democracy, Technology, and Society
Malka Older and Zachary Pirtle
Section 4. Provocative Conclusion
Chapter 18. The Discrete Scaffold for Generic Design, an Interdisciplinary Craft Work for the Future
Ira Monarch, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Anne-Françoise Schmid, and Muriel Mambrini-Doudet
Engineers love to build "things” and have an innate sense of wanting to help society. However, these desires are often not connected or developed through reflections on the complexities of philosophy, biology, economics, politics, environment, and culture. To guide future efforts and to best bring about human flourishment and a just world,
Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Progress brings together practitioners and scholars to inspire deeper conversations on the nature and varieties of engineering. The perspectives in this book are an act of reimagination: how does engineering serve society, and in a vital sense, how should it.
To guide future efforts and to best bring about human flourishment and a just world, Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Progress brings together practitioners and scholars to inspire deeper conversations on the nature and varieties of engineering.
Engineers love to build "things" and have an innate sense of wanting to help society. However, these desires are often not connected or developed through reflections on the complexities of philosophy, biology, economics, politics, environment, and culture. To guide future efforts and to best bring about human flourishment and a just world, Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Progress brings together practitioners and scholars to inspire deeper conversations on the nature and varieties of engineering. The perspectives in this book are an act of reimagination: how does engineering serve society, and in a vital sense, how should it.
Chapter 1. Reimagining Conceptions of Technological and Societal Progress (Zachary Pirtle, David Tomblin, and Guru Madhavan).- Section IA. Technological Progress: Reimagining How Engineering Relates to the Sciences. Chapter 2. Engineering Design Principles in Natural and Artificial Systems. Part I: Generative Entrenchment and Modularity (William C. Wimsatt).- Chapter 3. Technological Progress in the Life Sciences (Janella Baxter).- Section 1B: Technological Progress: Re-imagining Engineering Knowledge. Chapter 4. Philosophical Observations and Applications in Systems and Aerospace Engineering (Stephen B. Johnson).- Chapter 5. Prehistoric Stone Tool Technology and Epistemic Complexity (Manjari Chakraborty).- Chapter 6. Narrative and Epistemic Positioning: The Case of the Dandelion Pilot (Dominic J. Berry).- Section 2A. Social Progress: Considering Engineers' Ethical Principles. Chapter 7. Constructing Situated and Social Knowledge: Ethical, Sociological, and Phenomenological Factors in Technological Design (Damien Patrick Williams).- Chapter 8. Towards an Engineering Ethics with Non-engineers: How Western Engineering Ethics May Learn from Taiwan (Bono Po-Jen Shih).- Chapter 9. Broadening Engineering Identity: Moving beyond Problem Solving (Thomas Siller, Gerry Johnson, and Russell Korte).- Section 2B. Reimagining values and culture in engineering and engineered systems. Chapter 10. Engineering, Judgement and Engineering Judgement: A Proposed Definition (Daniel McLaughlin, PE).- Chapter 11. Technology, Uncertainty, and the Good Life: A Stoic Perspective (Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl).- Section 3A. Re-imagining how engineering relates to complex sociotechnical systems. Chapter 12. The Impact of Robot Companions on the Moral Development of Children (Yvette Pearson and Jason Borenstein).- Chapter 13. Engineering Our Selves: Morphological Freedom and the Myth of Multiplicity (Joshua Earle).- Section 3B: Reimagining Social Progress in Democracy, and the need to Align Engineering to Social Values. Chapter 14. Shared Learning to Explore the Philosophies, Policies and Practices of Engineering: The Case of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Rider W. Foley and Elise Barrella).- Chapter 15. Middle Grounds: Art and Pluralism (Caitlin Foley and Misha Rabinovich).- Chapter 16. The Artefact on Stage - Object Theatre and Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (Albrecht Fritzsche).- Chapter 17. Imagined Systems: How the Speculative Novel Infomocracy offers a Simulation of the Relationship between Democracy, Technology, and Society (Malka Older and Zachary Pirtle).- Section 4. Provocative Conclusion. Chapter 18. The Discrete Scaffold for Generic Design, an Interdisciplinary Craft Work for the Future (Ira Monarch, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Anne-Françoise Schmid, and Muriel Mambrini-Doudet).
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.
