1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778358803321

Titolo

Philosophical knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : its possibility and scope / / edited by Christian Beyer and Alex Burri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2007

ISBN

1-282-26540-7

9786612265402

94-012-0465-9

1-4356-1255-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Grazer philosophische Studien, , 0165-9227 ; ; v. 74

Classificazione

08.32

5,1

CB 4300

CC 1200

CC 4400

CC 4800

Altri autori (Persone)

BeyerChristian

BurriAlex

Disciplina

100

Soggetti

Philosophy

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from a conference held Sept. 8-10, 2005, in Erfurt, Germany.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Philosophical Knowledge: Its Possibility and Scope; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PHILOSOPHICAL INTUITIONS: THEIR TARGET, THEIR SOURCE, AND THEIR EPISTEMIC STATUS; NATURALISM AND INTUITIONS; INTUITIONS: THEIR NATURE AND EPISTEMIC EFFICACY; THE NATURE OF RATIONAL INTUITIONS AND A FRESH LOOK AT THE EXPLANATIONIST OBJECTION; PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE OF COUNTERFACTUALS; THE POSSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE; TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTS: A PLEA FOR MODESTY; A PRIORI EXISTENCE; SELF-REFERENTIAL ARGUMENTS IN PHILOSOPHY; METAPHYSICS OF SCIENCE BETWEEN METAPHYSICS AND SCIENCE

COULD ANYTHING BE WRONG WITH ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY?ON NOT FORGETTING THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF NAMES; CONTEXTUALISM ABOUT



KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTIFICATION BY DEFAULT; EXISTENCE, INEXPRESSIBILITY AND PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; CONTEXTUALISM AND THE BACKGROUND OF (PHILOSOPHICAL) JUSTIFICATION

Sommario/riassunto

The former ""Queen of Science"" seems to be lacking both a specific subject and a particular method. Thus the need arises for intra- and metaphilosophical orientation - especially since the way philosophy sees itself stems from various influential schools and traditions whose mutual exchange is not as lively as one might have hoped.This volume of original essays brings together some of the protagonists of different metaphilosophical debates that have so far been led fairly independently of each other. The authors discuss the question of both the possibility and the scope of philosophical knowl

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958276303321

Titolo

Engineering practice in a global context : understanding the technical and the social / / editors, Bill Williams, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal, Jose Figueiredo, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2014

ISBN

9781317999478

1317999479

9780429227851

042922785X

9780415636964

0415636965

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Classificazione

TEC009000TEC009020TEC009070

Disciplina

338.4/762

338.4762

Soggetti

Engineering - Social aspects

Engineering - Study and teaching (Higher)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Balkema book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Table of contents; Foreword; About the editors; Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1. On the historical nature of engineering practice; 2. Towards a theoretical framework for engineering practice; 3. The practical confrontation of engineers with a new design endeavour: The case of digital humanities; 4. Engineering design teams: Considering the forests and the trees; 5. Working together across disciplines; 6. Engineering problem-solving in social contexts: 'Collective wisdom' and 'ba'; 7. Finding workable solutions: Portuguese engineering experience

8. Going back to heterogeneous engineering: The case of micro and nanotechnologies9. Professional lock-in: Structural engineers, architects and the disconnect between discourse and practice; 10. Observations of South Asian engineering practice; 11. Mathematics in engineering practice: Tacit trumps tangible; 12. Engineers' professional learning: Through the lens of practice; Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

This book characterizes the technical and social aspects of engineering practice and to look at ways that this characterization can be important in the design of engineering courses in higher education. The principal contours of the work include the study of engineering practice and its relation to knowledge, competences and to cross-disciplinary and identity contexts. Empirical data on the practice of engineering professionals are presented from a range of companies in different national contexts, including engineering design companies and engineering innovation leaders--