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" Philosophy for engineering : "
Priyan Dias.
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890540
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Dias, Priyan.
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Philosophy for engineering : : practice, context, ethics, models, failure /\ Priyan Dias.
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Singapore :: Springer,, ©2019.
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SpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology
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1 online resource
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9789811512711
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9789811512704
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9811512701
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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction: From Engineering to Philosophy; 1.1 What Defines Engineering? Practice, Context, Ethics, Models, Failure; 1.2 Which Philosophers Do We Turn to? Popper, Kuhn, Polanyi, Heidegger; 1.3 How Is This Book Engineered?; 1.4 Summary; References; 2 Are Engineers Makers or Thinkers?; 2.1 Do Engineers Have an Identity Crisis?; 2.2 The Engineer's Influence: More Harm Than Good?; 2.3 The Engineer's Role: Scientist or Manager?; 2.4 The Engineer's Knowledge: Theoretical or Practical?; 2.5 Formalizing Practice; 2.6 Summary; References
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3 Are Failures the Pillars of Success?3.1 All Life Is Problem Solving; 3.2 Popper's Problem Solving Methodology; 3.3 Extending the Methodology; 3.4 Cyclic Engineering Processes; 3.5 The Role of Failure in Engineering; 3.6 Failures in Various Components of the CPM; 3.7 The Genetic Algorithm for Optimization and Design; 3.8 Summary; References; 4 Will Any Old Model Do?; 4.1 Paradigms and Revolutions; 4.2 Normal Science Within the Ruling Paradigm; 4.3 Scientific Revolutions and Progress; 4.3.1 The Nature of Revolutions; 4.3.2 A Different World; 4.3.3 Progress Through Revolutions
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4.4 Revolutions in Structural Design4.4.1 Some Historical Revolutions; 4.4.2 The Plastic Design Revolution; 4.4.3 Relativity and Progress of Knowledge; 4.5 Engineering Models; 4.6 Summary; References; 5 Shared Values for Aesthetics and Ethics?; 5.1 Can Values Be Measured?; 5.2 What Is an Elegant Solution?; 5.3 Differing Views of Aesthetics; 5.4 An Example of the Aesthetics of Proportion; 5.5 Morality and Faith; 5.6 Engineering Ethics; 5.7 The Engineer, the Public and the Professional Institution; 5.8 Summary; References; 6 Is Technology Neutral?; 6.1 Suspicion and Questioning
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6.2 Technology and 'Enframing'6.3 Art and Poetry; 6.4 Questioning in Engineering Practice; 6.5 Ethics and Metaphor; 6.6 Two Caveats; 6.7 Summary; References; 7 Is Knowledge Acquired by Thinking or Doing?; 7.1 Being and Time; 7.2 The Primacy of Practice Over Theory; 7.3 The Engineer's Existential Role; 7.4 Engineering in Time; 7.5 From Average Everydayness to Existential Pleasure in Engineering; 7.6 Summary; References; 8 Can Practice Based Knowledge Be Formalized?; 8.1 Practice Based Knowledge; 8.2 Michael Polanyi: Tacit Knowing; 8.3 Martin Heidegger: Pre-theoretical Shared Practices
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8.4 Categories of Practice Based Knowledge8.5 Practice Based Knowledge Modelling: Examples; 8.5.1 Modelling Tacit Knowledge: Construction Bid Decisions; 8.5.2 Modelling Shared Practice: Layout Design; 8.5.3 Cognitivist Modelling: Expert System for Cracks in Concrete; 8.5.4 Modelling Horizontal Knowledge: Vulnerability of Buildings to Bomb Blast; 8.6 Polanyi, Heidegger and Artificial Intelligence; 8.7 Summary; References; 9 Conclusion: From Philosophy to Engineering; 9.1 Looking Back; 9.1.1 The Path We Have Taken; 9.1.2 Practice; 9.1.3 Context; 9.1.4 Ethics; 9.1.5 Models; 9.1.6 Failure
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This book highlights the unique need for philosophy among engineers, which stems from issues regarding their knowledge (epistemology), role or being (ontology) and influence (ethics). It discusses practice, context, ethics, models and failure as key aspects of engineering, and provides an easy but essential introduction to philosophy for engineers by presenting four key philosophers and linking them to these aspects: Karl Popper (failure), Thomas Kuhn (models), Michael Polanyi (practice & ethics) and Martin Heidegger (context & ethics). Popper, Kuhn and Polanyi are philosophers of science (epistemologists) who have challenged the view that science is a 'cool, detached discipline, since it also depends on human imagination (Popper), consensus (Kuhn) and judgment plus artistry (Polanyi); factors that are central to engineering. Heidegger (an ontologist) critiqued technology on the one hand (ethics), but also stressed the importance of 'doing over 'knowing, thus 'authenticating the highly pragmatic engineering profession. Science is the 'core component of engineering, which is overlaid by a variety of heuristics . Practice-based knowledge can be formalized, with artificial intelligence (AI) offering a valuable tool for engineering, just as mathematics has done for science. The book also examines systems thinking in engineering. Featuring numerous diagrams, tables and examples throughout, the book is easily accessible to engineers.
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Engineering-- Philosophy.
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Engineering-- Philosophy.
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620.001
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TA157
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