The Future of Engineering Philosophical Foundations, Ethical Problems and Application Cases /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fritzsche, Albrecht (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Oks, Sascha Julian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 31
• Subjects: Engineering ethics.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Technical education.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Philosophy.; Engineering Ethics.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Engineering/Technology Education.; Science and Technology Studies.; Philosophy of Technology.

In a world permeated by digital technology, engineering is involved in every aspect of human life. Engineers address a wider range of design problems than ever before, raising new questions and challenges regarding their work, as boundaries between engineering, management, politics, education and ar...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Translations of technology and the future of engineering - an introduction
• 2. "The One, the Few or the Many?": Using Independence as a Strategy in Engineering Development and Modeling
• 3. Practical Inference-a Formal Analysis
• 4. Intuition and Ineffability: Tacit Knowledge and Engineering Design
• 5. The Engineering Knowledge Research Program
• 6. Philosophy of Engineering and the Quest for a Novel Notion of Experimentation
• 7. Demarcating Simulation
• 8. Three Stages of Technical Artifacts' Life Cycle: Based on a Four Factors Theory
• 9. Métis: Reconfiguring the Philosophy of Engineering
• 10. Thorstein B. Veblen's Philosophy of Technology and Modern Capitalism
• 11. Energy technologies and human well-being. Using sustainable design for the energy transition
• 12. Technology, Society, and Survival
• 13. Manufacturing with a big M - The Grand Challenges of Engineering in Digital Societies
• 14. Fostering Subjectivity in Engineering Education: Philosophical Framework and Pedagogical Strategies
• 15. Managing the State of the Art of Engineering: Learning from Medicine
• 16. What Ethics Owes Engineering
• 17. New Trends in Engineering Ethics - A Japanese Perspective
• 18. Nietzsche, Postphenomenology, and Nihilism-Technology Relations
• 19. Assisting Ourselves to Death - A philosophical reflection on lifting a finger with advanced assistive systems
• 20. Engineering for the Other: An Existential Examination of the Engineer's Role in Privacy by Design.