LI, Bocong
Philosophy of Engineering, East and West
Part I. Philosophy of Engineering: Theoretical Issues
1. On Relationships between the History and Philosophy of Engineering
LI Bocong
2. Critical Thinking and Heuristics: What Philosophy Can Learn from Engineering about the Back of the Envelope
Diane P. Michelfelder
3. Ontology of Technical Artifacts: A Proposal
Hans Poser
4. Toward an Experimental Philosophy of Engineering
Wang Dazhou
5. Feasibility and Acceptability in Engineering
Guoyu WANG, Lei LI, Xu CAO
6. Ancient Chinese Attitudes toward Technics: Chinese Philosophy of Technology Prior to the 1800s
WANG Nan
7. From Engineering to the Philosophy of Engineering: Philosophical Reflections of an Engineer
YIN Ruiyu
Part II. Philosophy of Engineering: Practical Issues
8. An Engineer’s Approach to the Philosophy of Engineering
Erik W. Aslaksen
9. A Biomimetic Approach to Complex Global Problems
James L. Barnes, Susan K. Barnes, Michael J. Dyrenfurth
10. The Philosophy of Engineering and the Engineering Worldview
Terry BRISTOL
11. Toward a Practical Philosophy of Engineering: Dealing with Complex Problems from the Sustainability Discourse
Donald HECTOR, Carleton CHRISTENSEN, Jim PETRIE
12. What Do Bridges and Software Tell Us about the Philosophy of Engineering?
Viola SCHIAFFONATI, Mario VERDICCHIO
13. Herbert Simon Meets Billy Vaughn Koen and Joan van Aken: From Sciences of the Artificial to Engineering Heuristics and Design Propositions
Édison Renato Silva, Domício Proença, Roberto Bartholo
Part III. Philosophical Perspectives on Engineering History
14. Early Chinese Engineering Education: Influence and Disappearance of the Fuzhou Shipping School
CHEN Jia, WANG Jian
15. The Earliest Western-Trained Engineers in China’s Iron and Steel Industry
FANG Yibing, QIAN Wei
16. Engineering and the Postcolonial: Historical Perspectives and Ethical Practices
Suzanne MOON
17. Conflicts and Adaptations in Technology Transfer to Modern China: The Jiaoji Railway Case
WANG Bin
Part IV. Engineering, Ethics, and Society
18. Between Optimism and Despair: Engineering, Anthropology, and Development in the Twenty-First Century
Rita Armstrong
19. “I Became an Engineer by Accident!”: Engineering, Vocation, and Professional Values
Christelle Didier, Patrick Simonnin
20. Chinese Student Perceptions of Engineering Ethics
Heinz C. Luegenbiehl
21. Engineering Policy: Exploratory Reflections
Carl MITCHAM, ZHANG Kang
22. The Dao of Chinese Water Management and Development: Challenges and Perspectives
Wim Ravesteijn
23. Decision Making in the 120MN Shanghai Hydraulic Forging Press Project: Walking a Tightrope Between Politics and Technology
SUN Lie
Part V. Supplement: Two Interviews with Influential Chinese Philosophers of Engineering and Technology
24. Roots of the Philosophy of Technology in China
Deyu YUAN, Dongming CAO, Carl MITCHAM, Wenjuan YIN
25. Humanities Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Engineering in China
LIU Dachun, Carl MITCHAM, ZHAO Junhai
Keywords: Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, Engineering Design
- Editor
- LI, Bocong
- Mitcham, Carl
- Newberry, Byron
- ZHANG, Baichun
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2018
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
- Page amount
- 40 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319624501
- Printed ISBN
- 978-3-319-62448-8