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Engineering and Philosophy

Reimagining Technology and Social Progress

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Editors:
  1. Zachary Pirtle

    1. Independent Scholar, Washington, DC, USA

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  2. David Tomblin

    1. University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  3. Guru Madhavan

    1. National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, USA

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  • Comprehensive overview of contemporary research topics in Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
  • Focuses on practical frameworks of ethics in relation to engineering and technology
  • Includes chapters on policy implications, design and maintenance of systems and links to art and literature

Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 37)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Reimagining Social Progress in Democracy, and the Need to Align Engineering to Social Values

    1. Shared Learning to Explore the Philosophies, Policies and Practices of Engineering: The Case of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

      • Rider W. Foley, Elise Barrella
      Pages 271-290

    2. Middle Grounds: Art and Pluralism

      • Caitlin Foley, Misha Rabinovich
      Pages 291-307

    3. The Artefact on Stage – Object Theatre and Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

      • Albrecht Fritzsche
      Pages 309-321

    4. Imagined Systems: How the Speculative Novel Infomocracy Offers a Simulation of the Relationship Between Democracy, Technology, and Society

      • Malka Older, Zachary Pirtle
      Pages 323-339

  2. A Provocation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 341-341
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    2. The Discrete Scaffold for Generic Design, an Interdisciplinary Craft Work for the Future

      • Ira Monarch, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Anne-Françoise Schmid, Muriel Mambrini-Doudet
      Pages 343-376
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About this book

​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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Independent Scholar, Washington, DC, USA

    Zachary Pirtle

  • University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    David Tomblin

  • National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, USA

    Guru Madhavan

About the editors

Zachary Pirtle is a researcher of systems engineering and philosophy based in Washington, D.C., as well as a program executive and engineer enabling science and human exploration on the Moon.

David Tomblin is director of the Science, Technology and Society program at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Engineering and Philosophy

  • Book Subtitle: Reimagining Technology and Social Progress

  • Editors: Zachary Pirtle, David Tomblin, Guru Madhavan

  • Series Title: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70099-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70098-0Published: 15 May 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70101-7Published: 15 May 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70099-7Published: 14 May 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1879-7202

  • Series E-ISSN: 1879-7210

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 376

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Engineering Ethics

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