Skip to main content

Rethinking Technology and Engineering

Dialogues Across Disciplines and Geographies

  • Book
  • © 2023

Overview

  • Collects research at the intersection of engineering, philosophy, history and social sciences
  • Features contributions from Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa
  • Covers engineering design, education, innovation management and socio-technical transformation

Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 45)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

eBook USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Engineering Practice, Knowledge and Values

  2. Reflections on Artifacts

  3. Interdisciplinary Approaches Through Literature, History and Biopolitics

Keywords

About this book

This book gives insight into the ongoing work of the forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology (fPET), which brings together philosophers and engineers from all over the world to discuss philosophical issues of engineering across disciplinary boundaries.  Drawing on presentations and conversations at the fPET 2020 online conference hosted by the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Chile, the chapters establish connections and describe discoveries that have so far been neglected in the discussions held within the young discipline of philosophy of engineering. This volume appeals to students and researchers in the field, through twenty-four proposals brought forward by leading scholars and emerging voices. Pertinent themes covered are:

  • the broader engagement of engineers in problem-solving beyond the scope of their own profession
  • the exploration of new goals for technology development and the implementation of strategies to reach these goals
  • the need for philosophical content and unique pedagogical approaches to engineering education, digital transformations, artificial intelligence and the ethics of online collaboration in social media
  • critical revisions of fundamental terminology and theoretical modelling of key concepts in engineering design, ethics, innovation and the anthropology of technology

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rabat Business School, Université Internationale de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

    Albrecht Fritzsche

  • Department of Humanistic Studies, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, San Joaquín, Santiago, Chile

    Andrés Santa-María

About the editors

Albrecht Fritzsche is full professor of innovation and technology studies at the International University of Rabat, where he coordinates the multidisciplinary project team on innovation and complexity management for sustainable transitions at the business school. He holds doctoral degrees in philosophy and industrial management. His publications cover a wide range of different questions related to innovation and technical change in the digital age.


Andrés Santa-María is a professor of philosophy at the Technical University Federico Santa María (Chile). He received his doctoral degree in philosophy from Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. His research and teaching activities are focused on the history of ancient philosophy, philosophy of education and, more recently, ethics and philosophy of technology and its impact in engineering education. 


 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rethinking Technology and Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: Dialogues Across Disciplines and Geographies

  • Editors: Albrecht Fritzsche, Andrés Santa-María

  • Series Title: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25233-4

  • 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 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-25232-7Published: 29 April 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-25235-8Due: 15 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-25233-4Published: 28 April 2023

  • Series ISSN: 1879-7202

  • Series E-ISSN: 1879-7210

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 339

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology

Publish with us