An introduction to the philosophy of engineering : I create, therefore I am / / Bocong Li

• Autore: Li Bocong
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 pages)
• Disciplina: 620.001
• Soggetto topico: Engineering - Philosophy
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A Philosophical Reflection of the Humanized Natural World: Foreword to the Chinese Edition -- Making Engineering into Philosophy: Foreword to the English Edition -- Translator's Introduction -- References -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Previous Philosophical Attempts to Explore the Theme of Human Creation -- 1.1.1 European Philosophers' Attempts to Explore the Theme of Human's Creation in History -- 1.1.2 Chinese Philosophers' Attempts to Explore the Theme of Human's Creation in History -- 1.2 Heralding the Rise of the Philosophy of Engineering -- 1.2.1 The Burgeoning Philosophy of Engineering and Technology -- 1.2.2 The Second Rise of the Philosophy of Technology and the Advent of the Philosophy of Engineering -- 1.3 Triism or Trichotomy of Science, Technology, and Engineering -- 1.3.1 Critical Questions at the Gateway to Philosophy of Engineering -- 1.3.2 Triism or Trichotomy of Science, Technology, and Engineering -- 1.3.3 "I Create, Therefore I Am" as a Maxim for Philosophy of Engineering -- 1.4 A Columbian Voyage in the Philosophical World and the Main Concepts of Philosophy of Engineering -- 1.4.1 The Establishment of Philosophy of Engineering as a Columbian Voyage -- 1.4.2 The Three Phases of Engineering Process and the Main Concepts of Philosophy of Engineering -- References -- 2 The First Stage of Engineering Activity: Planning and Decision-Making -- 2.1 Telos, Goal-Setting, and Goal-Orientation -- 2.1.1 Telos, Teleology, and Causality -- 2.1.2 The Classification of Goals and Their Determination -- 2.1.3 Goal Orientation and the Purpose of Organization -- 2.2 Initial and Environmental Factors, Constraints and Expected Conditions -- 2.2.1 Initial and Environmental Factors -- 2.2.2 Investigation into and Identification of Initial and Environmental Conditions -- 2.2.3 Constraints and Expected Conditions. ; 2.3 Knowing Yourself, Understanding the Situation, and Seizing Opportunities -- 2.3.1 Knowing Yourself in Philosophy of Engineering -- 2.3.2 Analysis and Judgment of Situations as Power Contrast, Strategic Potential, and Future Trends -- 2.3.3 Discerning, Capturing but not Missing an Opportunity -- 2.4 Operations Research, Risk, and Decision-Making -- 2.4.1 Operations Research: Rules and Methods -- 2.4.2 The Nature of Risk and the Attitudes Toward It -- 2.4.3 Decision Makers, Elements of Decision Making, and Pre-evaluation -- 2.5 Ideas, Rationality, and Traps in Decision Making -- 2.5.1 Supreme Good and Ideals -- 2.5.2 Rationality: Instrumental Rationality and Substantive Rationality -- 2.5.3 Errors in Planning and Traps in Decision Making -- References -- 3 The Second Stage of Engineering Activity: Operating and Implementing -- 3.1 Natural Resources, Raw Materials, and Machines -- 3.1.1 Naturalistic Theory of Matter and Axiological Theory of Matter -- 3.1.2 The Infinity of Natural Matter and the Finiteness of Natural Resources -- 3.1.3 The Nature of Matter and the Potential of Raw Materials -- 3.1.4 Tools and Machines as the Means of Actualization -- 3.1.5 All Roads Lead to Rome and One Road Leads to Many Cities -- 3.1.6 Machines and Tools as Device Paradigms and the Extension of Human Organs -- 3.2 Operations, Procedure, and Micro Modes of Production -- 3.2.1 Semantics and Usage of Production and Operation -- 3.2.2 Operations: Bridgman, Piaget, and Management Science -- 3.2.3 Command, Operations, and Operational Interface -- 3.2.4 Unit Operation and Operation Procedure -- 3.2.5 Operational Types, Procedural Modes, and Micro-production Modes -- 3.3 Organizations, Institutions, and Rules -- 3.3.1 Institutional Economics and Institutions -- 3.3.2 Institutions, Organizations, and Rules -- 3.3.3 Rules and Scientific Laws. ; 3.3.4 Semantic Analysis of the Popular Chinese Saying "Do as Objective Scientific Law Requires" -- 3.3.5 Rules: Make Them, Break Them, or Follow Them -- 3.3.6 Institutional Arrangements, Institutional Environment, and Institutional Running -- 3.4 Management, Incentives, and Control -- 3.4.1 Ownership, Managing Power, and Contract -- 3.4.2 Management, Position Function, and Responsibility -- 3.4.3 Leadership, Incentive, and Interpersonal Relationships -- 3.4.4 Control, Feedback, and Standards -- 3.5 Efficiency, Will, and Labor as a Mode of Existence -- 3.5.1 Labor and Human Existence -- 3.5.2 Finiteness, Efficiency, and Equity -- 3.5.3 The Process of Labor and the Concept of Will -- References -- 4 The Third Stage of Engineering Activity: Using Artifacts and Living a Life -- 4.1 Value, Transaction, Communication, and Intersubjectivity -- 4.1.1 The Correlation between the Economic Concept of Value and the Philosophical Concept of Value -- 4.1.2 Exchange, Transaction, and Communication -- 4.1.3 Three Major Mediums of Modern Social Communication -- 4.2 Consumption and Use of Artifacts -- 4.2.1 Types of Consumption and Consumer Behavior -- 4.2.2 Interpersonal Relationships in Consumption Types and Consumer Behavior -- 4.2.3 The Human-Made Thing, or Artifact, as a Semi-Thing-in-Itself -- 4.2.4 I Use Artifacts, Therefore I Am -- 4.3 Cause, Effect, Purpose, and Alienation -- 4.3.1 Purpose and Consequence -- 4.3.2 Alienation of Artifacts -- 4.3.3 Alienation of Signs -- 4.3.4 Alienation of Human -- 4.3.5 Purpose and Consequence Revisited -- 4.4 Life and Freedom -- 4.4.1 Life Content and Lifestyle -- 4.4.2 Being Digital and Poeticized Life -- 4.4.3 Freedom and the Community of Free Individuals -- References -- 5 Philosophy of Engineering: An Emerging Branch of Philosophy -- 5.1 The Relationship Between Philosophy of Engineering and Other Disciplines. ; 5.1.1 The Relationship Between the Philosophy of Engineering and the Philosophies of Science, Technology, and Society -- 5.1.2 The Relationship between Philosophy of Engineering, History of Engineering, and Sociology of Engineering -- 5.1.3 The Relationship Between Philosophy of Engineering and Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies -- 5.2 Some Key Philosophical Issues from the Perspective of Philosophy of Engineering -- 5.2.1 A New Understanding of Human Nature: From Human Being as Rational Animal to Human Being as Engineering Animal -- 5.2.2 A New Form of Philosophy: From World-Interpreting to World-Changing -- 5.2.3 Engineering Thinking and Engineering Knowledge -- 5.3 The Theories of Two Worlds, Three Worlds, and Four Worlds -- 5.3.1 Plato's Theory of the "Two Worlds" and Popper's Theory of the "Three Worlds" -- 5.3.2 The Theory of Four Worlds in Philosophy of Engineering -- 5.4 Home Constructing, and Harmony Among Heaven, Earth, and the Human -- 5.4.1 The Life Turn in Western Philosophy in the 20th Century -- 5.4.2 A Reflection on Home and Its Reconstructing -- 5.4.3 The Harmony of Heaven, Earth and Humans -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Engineering
• ISBN: 3-662-64088-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910506405403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophy of engineering and technology ; ; Volume 39.