Philosophy and Engineering

Cover -- Contents -- 1 Philosophy and Engineering: Setting the Stage -- Part I: Philosophy -- 2 Distinguishing Architects from Engineers: A Pilot Study in Differences Between Engineers and Other Technologists -- 3 The Rise of Philosophy of Engineering in the East and the West -- 4 Multiple Facets of Philosophy and Engineering -- 5 Comparing Approaches to the Philosophy of Engineering: Including the Linguistic Philosophical Approach -- 6 Focussing Philosophy of Engineering: Analyses of Technical Functions and Beyond -- 7 Philosophy, Engineering, and the Sciences -- 8 Engineering Science as a 8220;Discipline of the Particular8221;? Types of Generalization in Engineering Sciences -- 9 How the Models of Engineering Tell the Truth -- 10 Limits to Systems Engineering -- Part II: Ethics -- 11 Integrity and the Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers -- 12 Prioritising People: Outline of an Aspirational Engineering Ethic -- 13 Ethical Principles for Engineers in a Global Environment -- 14 Professional Ethics Without a Profession: A French View on Engineering Ethics -- 15 Imagining Worlds: Responsible Engineering Under Conditions of Epistemic Opacity -- 16 Transferring Responsibility Through Use Plans -- 17 Design Problems and Ethics -- 18 Ethics in Innovation: Cooperation and Tension -- 19 Teaching Ethics to Engineering Students: From Clean Concepts to Dirty Tricks -- 20 A Collaborative Platform for Experiments in Ethics and Technology -- Part III: Reflection -- 21 Why Philosophy? Why Now? Engineering Responds to the Crisis of a Creative Era -- 22 A World of Things Not Facts -- 23 Architecting Engineering Systems -- 24 Bits Don8217;t Have Error Bars: Upward Conceptualization and Downward Approximation -- 25 Metaphysics of Engineering -- 26 Engineering Determinacy: The Exclusiveness of Technology and the Presence of the Indeterminate -- 27 Quo Vadis, Humans? Engineering the Survival of the Human Species -- 28 The Focal Engineering Experience -- Index