PHILOSOPHY OF ENGINEERING, EAST AND WEST by Bocong Li (Editor), Byron Newberry (Editor) ( 9783319624488 )

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Title:

PHILOSOPHY OF ENGINEERING, EAST AND WEST

By:

Bocong Li (Editor), Byron Newberry (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£109.99
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ISBN 10:

3319624482

ISBN 13:

9783319624488

Publisher:

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG

Pub. date:

14 October, 2017

Edition:

1st ed. 2017

Series:

Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 330

Pages:

357

Description:

This co-edited volume compares Chinese and Western experiences of engineering, technology, and development. Part III focuses on engineering, ethics, and society, with chapters on engineering education and practice in China and the West.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

1 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; X, 357 p. 4

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Springer International Publishing AG

Returns:

Non-returnable

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