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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824856903321

Autore

Cheville Alan

Titolo

Becoming a Human Engineer : A Philosophical Inquiry into Engineering Education As Means or Ends

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford : , : Ethics International Press Limited, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781871891768

9781871891751

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 pages)

Disciplina

620.0023

Soggetti

Engineering - Study and teaching (Higher)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface &amp -- Problem -- 1 Introduction &amp -- Context -- 2 John Macmurray's Philosophy of the Personal -- Life and Historical Context -- Underlying Values:   Faith, Freedom, Reality, and Morality -- MacMurray's Philosophical System:   The Gifford Lectures -- Moral Implications of  Macmurray's System -- Summary -- 3 Action and Reflection -  The Rhythm of Withdrawal and Return -- 4 We Can Only Know What We Can Perceive - Modes of Apperception -- Generalization -  the intellectual or pragmatic mode -- Particularization -  the emotional, or contemplative mode -- Personalization -  the personal or moral mode -- Modes of Apperception in Action -- 5 How Actions Affect Others -  the World as One Action -- 6 The Systemic Mode of Apperception -- 7 A Critique of  Engineering Education -- The Pragmatic Mode of Apperception -  Engineering Education as Means -- The Contemplative Mode of Apperception -  Achieving Satisfaction -- The Personal Mode of Apperception -  Friends and Colleagues -- The Systemic Mode of Apperception -  The Engineering Education Ecosystem -- Summary -- 8 Convergence and Synthesis -- Notes -- Bibliography.