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Dov M. Gabbay, King's College London, UK
Anthonie Meijers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada
John Woods, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Included in series
Handbook of the Philosophy of Science,
Description
The Handbook Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences addresses numerous issues in the emerging field of the philosophy of those
sciences that are involved in the technological process of designing, developing and making of new technical artifacts and systems. These
issues include the nature of design, of technological knowledge, and of technical artifacts, as well as the toolbox of engineers. Most
of these have thus far not been analyzed in general philosophy of science, which has traditionally but inadequately regarded technology
as mere applied science and focused on physics, biology, mathematics and the social sciences.
Contents
General Introduction (Anthonie Meijers, editor)
Part I: Technology, Engineering and the Sciences
Introduction
to Part I (Hans Radder, associate editor)
Defining Technology and the Engineering Sciences (Carl Mitcham and Eric Schatzberg)
Science, Technology and the Science?Technology Relationship (Hans Radder)
The Role of Social Science in Engineering (Knut Holtan
S rensen)
The Emergence of the Engineering Sciences: An Historical Analysis (David F. Channell)
Coherence and Diversity
in the Engineering Sciences (Gerhard Banse and Armin Grunwald)
Part II: Ontology and Epistemology of Artifacts
Introduction
to Part II (Wybo Houkes, associate editor)
Artifacts in Metaphysics (Amie L. Thomasson)
Philosophical Theories of Artifact
Function (Beth Preston)
Functional Decomposition and Mereology in Engineering (Pieter Vermaas and Pawel Garbacz)
Artifacts
in Formal Ontology (Stefano Borgo and Laure Vieu)
The Nature of Technological Knowledge (Wybo Houkes)
Tacit Knowledge and
Engineering Design (Paul Nightingale)
Practical Reasoning and Engineering (Jesse Hughes)
Part III: Philosophy of
Engineering Design
Introduction to Part III (Peter Kroes, associate editor)
Thinking about Design: An Historical Perspective
(Richard Buchanan)
Typologies of Design Practice (Kees Dorst and Kees van Overveld)
Translating Customer Requirements into
Technical Specifications (Marc de Vries)
Foundational Issues of Engineering Design (Peter Kroes)
Computational Representations
of Function in Engineering Design (William H. Wood)
Rationality in Design (Peter Kroes, Maarten Franssen and Louis Bucciarelli)
Designing Socio-Technical Systems (Johannes M. Bauer and Paulien M. Herder)
Part IV: Modeling in Engineering Sciences
Introduction to Part IV (Sjoerd Zwart, associate editor)
The Notion of a Model: A Historical Overview (Roland M ller)
Functional Modeling and Mathematical Models: A Semantic Analysis (Wilfrid Hodges)
Models as Epistemic Tools in Engineering
Sciences (Mieke Boon and Tarja Knuuttila)
Model-Based Reasoning in Interdisciplinary Engineering (Nancy J. Nersessian and Christopher
Patton)
Scale Modelling in Engineering: Froude's Case (Sjoerd Zwart)
Similarity and Dimensional Analysis (Susan G. Sterett)
Measurement Theory and Engineering (Patrick Suppes)
Technological Explanation (Joseph C. Pitt)
Part V: Norms
and Values in Technology and Engineering
Introduction to Part V (Ibo van de Poel, associate editor)
Why Technologies Are
Inherently Normative (Hans Radder)
Artifacts and Normativity (Maarten Franssen)
Professional Standards in Engineering Practice
(Michael Pritchard)
Values in Engineering Design (Ibo van de Poel)
The Concept of Efficiency: An Historical Analysis (Jennifer
K. Alexander)
Aesthetic Values in Technology and Engineering Design (Joachim Schummer, Bruce MacLennan, and Nigel Taylor)
Risk and Safety in Technology (Sven Ove Hansson)
Technology Assessment: Concepts and Methods (Armin Grunwald)
The Interaction
of Ethics and Technology in Historical Perspective (Carl Mitcham and Adam Briggle)
Part VI. Philosophical Issues in Engineering
Disciplines
Introduction to Part VI (Sven Ove Hansson, associate editor)
Philosophy of Architecture (Christian Illies and
Nicholas Ray)
Philosophy of Agricultural Technology (Paul Thompson)
Philosophy of Medical Technology (Sven Ove Hansson)
Philosophy of Biotechnology (Henk van den Belt)
Philosophy of Computing and Information Technology (Philip Brey and Johnny
Hartz S raker)
Index (Compiled by Marcel Scheele and Andreas Spahn)
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Hardbound, 1472 pages, publication date: AUG-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51667-1
ISBN-10: 0-444-51667-0
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND
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