Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 37)
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About this book
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.
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Keywords
- philosophy engineering technology
- ethics engineering design
- design engineering systems
- policy engineering
- identity engineers engineering
- artificial intelligence moral issues
- crosscultural studies engineering ethics
- privacy information control
- Engineering design principles
- Stoics Engineering
- Ethics technology design
- Sociology technology design
- Phenomenology technology design
- Cyborg Ethics
- Art Engineering
- Prehistory technology philosophy
- Philosophy Education Engineer
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- engineering ethics
Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Technological Progress: Reimagining How Engineering Relates to the Sciences
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Technological Progress: Re-imagining Engineering Knowledge
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Social Progress: Considering Engineers’ Ethical Principles
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Reimagining Values and Culture in Engineering and Engineered Systems
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Re-imagining How Engineering Relates to Complex Sociotechnical Systems
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engineering and Philosophy
Book Subtitle: Reimagining Technology and Social Progress
Editors: Zachary Pirtle, David Tomblin, Guru Madhavan
Series Title: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70099-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70098-0Published: 15 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70101-7Published: 15 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70099-7Published: 14 May 2021
Series ISSN: 1879-7202
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7210
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 376
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations