EAN: 9783319624488

PHILOSOPHY OF ENGINEERING EAST AND WEST GEBUNDEN

This co-edited volume compares Chinese and Western experiences of engineering  technology  and
development. In doing so  it builds a bridge between the East and West and advances a dialogue
in the philosophy of engineering. Divided into three parts  the book starts with studies on
epistemological and ontological issues  with a special focus on engineering design  creativity
management  feasibility  and sustainability. Part II considers relationships between the
history and philosophy of engineering  and includes a general argument for the necessity of
dialogue between history and philosophy. It continues with a general introduction to
traditional Chinese attitudes toward engineering and technology  and philosophical case studies
of the Chinese steel industry  railroads  and cybernetics in the Soviet Union. Part III focuses
on engineering  ethics  and society  with chapters on engineering education and practice in
China and the West. The book's analyses of the interactions of science  engineering  ethics 
politics  and policy in different societal contexts are of special interest. The volume as a
whole marks a new stage in the emergence of the philosophy of engineering as a new
regionalization of philosophy. This carefully edited interdisciplinary volume grew out of an
international conference on the philosophy of engineering hosted by the University of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. It includes 30 contributions by leading philosophers 
social scientists  and engineers from Australia  China  Europe  and the United States.

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