Pirtle Z., Tomblin D., Madhavan G. Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Social Progress

New York: Springer, 2021. — 366 p.​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.Reimagining Conceptions of Technological and Societal Progress
Engineering Design Principles in Natural and Artificial Systems: Generative Entrenchment and Modularity
Technological Progress in the Life Sciences
Philosophical Observations and Applications in Systems and Aerospace Engineering
Prehistoric Stone Tools and their Epistemic Complexity
Narrative and Epistemic Positioning: The Case of the Dandelion Pilot
Constructing Situated and Social Knowledge: Ethical, Sociological, and Phenomenological Factors in Technological Design
Towards an Engineering Ethics with Non-engineers: How Western Engineering Ethics May Learn from Taiwan
Broadening Engineering Identity: Moving beyond Problem Solving
Engineering, Judgement and Engineering Judgement: A Proposed Definition
Technology, Uncertainty, and the Good Life: A Stoic Perspective
The Impact of Robot Companions on the Moral Development of Children
Engineering Our Selves: Morphological Freedom and the Myth of Multiplicity
Shared Learning to Explore the Philosophies, Policies and Practices of Engineering: The Case of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Middle Grounds: Art and Pluralism
The Artefact on Stage – Object Theatre and Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Imagined Systems: How the Speculative Novel Infomocracy Offers a Simulation of the Relationship Between Democracy, Technology, and Society
The Discrete Scaffold for Generic Design, an Interdisciplinary Craft Work for the Future