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  • Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences
  • Written by author Dov M. Gabbay
  • Published by Elsevier Science, 11/27/2009
  • 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 artifact
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Introduction (Anthonie Meijers)
Part I: Technology and the sciences (Hans Radder, Associate Editor)
I.1 Defining technology and the technological sciences (Carl Mitcham)
I.2 Models of the science-technology relationship (Hans Radder)
I.3 The emergence of the technological sciences: a historical analysis (David Channell)
I.4 The diversity and coherence of the technological sciences (Gerhard Banse & Armin Grunwald)
I.5 Technology in science: the role of instrumentation and experimentation (Joe Pitt)
I.6 Technology and the social sciences (Knut Holtan Sørensen)
Part II: Artifact ontology and artifact epistemology (Wybo Houkes, Associate Editor)
II.1 The dual nature of technical artifacts (Anthonie Meijers)
II.2 Theories of function of artifacts (Beth Preston)
II.3 The significance of artifacts for metaphysics (Amie Thomasson)
II.5 Artifacts in formal ontology (Stefano Borgo, Laure Vieu, Nicola Guarino)
II.6 Functional decomposition (Pieter Vermaas & Pawel Garbacz)
II.7 Structural part-whole relationships (Peter Simons and Vassilis Agouridas)
II.8 Artifacts and natural objects (Peter McLaughlin)
II.9 The nature of technological knowledge (Wybo Houkes)
II.10 Tacit knowledge and engineering design (Paul Nightingale)
II.11 Knowledge management: concepts, problems, and prospects (Nicholas M. Allix)
II.12 Practical reasoning in engineering (Jesse Hughes)
Part III: Philosophy of Design (Peter Kroes, Associate Editor)
III.1 Design Methodologies (Richard Buchanan
III.2 The analysis of engineering design (Peter Kroes)
III.3 Typologies of design problems (Kees van Overveld and Kees Dorst)
III.4 The translation of user requirements into technical specifications (Marc de Vries)
III.5 On rationality and irrationality in design (Larry Bucciarelli, Maarten Franssen & Peter Kroes)
III.6 Computational representations of function(Bill Wood)
III.7 The design of complex socio-technical systems (Johannes Bauer & Pauline Herder)
III.8 Trade-offs in design (Steven Goldman)
Part IV: Methodological Issues (Sjoerd Zwart, Associate Editor)
IV.1 Functional modeling and mathematical models (Wilfrid Hodges)
IV.2 The notion of a model, theories of models and history (Roland Müller)
IV.3 Similarity mechanics and dimensional analysis (Stephan Rudolph)
IV.4 Scale models in engineering (Sjoerd Zwart & Lex Keuning)
IV.5 Model based reasoning in interdisciplinary engineering (Nancy Nersessian)
IV.6 Technical explanations (Joe Pitt)
IV.7 Measurement theory and engineering (Patrick Suppes)
IV.8 Epistemology and methodology of diagrammatic models in the engineering sciences(Mieke Boon)
IV.9 Philosophical review of the engineering toolkit (Taft Broome and Dan Frey)
IV.10 How computers changed engineering (Ann Johnson)
Part V: Normativity and values in technology (Ibo van de Poel, Associate Editor)
V.1 Do technologies have normative properties?(Hans Radder)
V.2 Artifacts and normative judgments (Maarten Franssen)
V.3 Values in engineering design (Ibo van de Poel)
V.4 The concept of efficiency (Jennifer Alexander)
V.5 Aesthetic values in technology and engineering design (Joachim Schummer et al)
V.6 Risk and safety in technology (Sven Ove Hansson)
V.7 Technology assessment; concepts and methods (Armin Grunwald)
V.8 Professional standards for engineers (Michael Pritchard)
V.9 Ethics and technology (Carl Mitcham)
Part VI: Philosophical issues of engineering disciplines (Sven Ove Hansson, Associate Editor)
VI.1 Philosophical Issues of Information Technology (Philip Brey)
VI.2 Philosophical issues of agricultural technology (Paul Thomson)
VI.3 Philosophical Issues of Medical Technology(Sven Ove Hanson)
VI.4 Philosophical Issues of Nanotechnology (Alfred Nordmann & Joachim Schummer)
VI.5 Philosophical Issues of Architecture(Christian Illies and Nicholas Ray)


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