The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering

Introduction
Diane P. Michelfelder and Neelke Doorn





Part I: Foundational Perspectives








What Is Engineering?
Carl Mitcham







A Brief History of Engineering
Jennifer Karns Alexander







Western Philosophical Approaches and Engineering
Glen Miller







Eastern Philosophical Approaches and Engineering
Glen Miller, Xiaowei (Tom) Wang, Satya Sundar Sethy, Fujiki Atsushi







What Is Engineering Science?
Sven Ove Hansson







Scientific Methodology in the Engineering Sciences
Mieke Boon






Part II: Engineering Reasoning






Engineering Design and the Quest for Optimality
Maarten Franssen







Prescriptive Engineering Knowledge
Sjoerd Zwart







Engineering as Art and the Art of Engineering
Lara Schrijver







Creativity and Discovery in Engineering
David H. Cropley







Uncertainty
William M. Bulleit







Scenarios
Christian Dieckhoff and Armin Grunwald







Systems Engineering as Engineering Philosophy
Usman Akeel and Sarah Bell







Assessing Provenance and Bias in Big Data
Brent Mittelstadt and Jan Kwakkel






Part III: Ontology






Artifacts
Beth Preston







Engineering Objects
Wybo Houkes







Use Plans
Auke Pols







Function in Engineering
Boris Eisenbart and Kilian Gericke







Emergence in Engineering
Peter Simons







Towards an Ontology of Innovation: On the New, the Political-Economic Dimension and the Intrinsic Risks Involved in Innovation Processes
Vincent Blok






Part IV: Engineering Design Processes






Engineering Design
Peter Kroes







Values and Design
Ibo Van de Poel







Design Methods and Validation
Sabine Ammon







Human-Centred Design and its Inherent Ethical Qualities
Marc Steen







Sustainable Design
Steven A. Moore







Maintenance
Mark Thomas Young






Part V: Engineering Activities and Methods






Measurement
Lara Huber







Models in Engineering and Design: Modeling Relations and Directions of Fit
Michael Poznic







Scale Modeling
Susan G. Sterrett







Computer Simulations
Hildrun Lampe







Experimentation
Viola Schiaffonati







On Verification and Validation in Engineering
Francien Dechesne and Tijn Borghuis






Part VI: Values in Engineering






Values in Risk and Safety Assessment
Niklas Moeller







Engineering and Sustainability: Control and Care in Unfoldings of Modernity
Andy Stirling







The Role of Resilience in Engineering
Neelke Doorn







Trust in Engineering
Philip J. Nickel







Aesthetics
Stefan Koller







Health
Marianne Boenink







Philosophy of Security Engineering
Wolter Pieters






Part VII: Responsibilities in Engineering Practice






Ethical Considerations in Engineering
Wade L. Robison







Autonomy in Engineering
Eugene Schlossberger







Standards in Engineering
Paul B. Thompson







Professional Codes of Ethics
Michael Davis







Responsibilities to the Public-Professional Engineering Societies
Joseph Herkert and Jason Borenstein







Engineering as a Political Practice
Govert Valkenburg







Global Engineering Ethics
Pak-Hang Wong







Engineering Practice and Engineering Policy: The Narrative Form of Engineering Policy Advice
Natasha McCarthy






Part VIII: Reimagining Engineering






Feminist Engineering and Gender
Donna Riley







Socially Responsible Engineering
Jessica M. Smith and Juan C. Lucena







Engineering and Social Justice
Carolyn Baillie







Engineering and Environmental Justice
Benjamin R. Cohen







Beyond Traditional Engineering: Green, Humanitarian, Social Justice, and Omnium Approaches
George D. Catalano







Engineering and Contemporary Continental Philosophy of Technology
Diane P. Michelfelder







Engineering Practice from the Perspective of Methodical Constructivism and Culturalism
Michael Funk and Albrecht Fritzsche







Reimagining the Future of Engineering
Neelke Doorn, Diane P. Michelfelder, Elise Barrella, Terry Bristol, Francien Dechesne, Albrecht Fritzsche, Gearold Johnson, Michael Poznic, Wade L. Robison, Barbara Sain, Taylor Stone, Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, Steven Umbrello, Pieter E. Vermaas, Richard L. Wilson
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"This is an amazing collection! Not only is it the first book of its kind, defining the territory of the new and rapidly developing field of philosophy of engineering, it contains chapters by a truly international and multidisciplinary group of scholars. The compilation is rich and exciting, and very timely."
Deborah G. Johnson, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics Emeritus, University of Virginia





"Neelke Doorn and Diane Michelfelder have curated an impressive body of works that turn the clarifying and critical lens of philosophy upon engineering. This volume begins to reveal the depths of an essential human enterprise, one that philosophers for too long treated as a superficial craft rather than what it is: a creative endeavor of social imagination in action."
Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh


"Traditional philosophy of technology largely ignores engineers and engineering, but The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering takes engineers, their methods, their responsibilities, and their future seriously with a world-class collection of spot-on papers sure to stimulate your reflection. Beg, borrow, or steal this volume and start treating the humans and human activity of engineering in a philosophically serious way, today."
David E. Goldberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
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Diane P. Michelfelder is Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College, USA. Along with philosopher Natasha McCarthy and engineer David E. Goldberg, she edited Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice, Principles, and Process (2013). Her most recent book is Philosophy and Engineering: Exploring Boundaries, Expanding Connections, edited with Byron Newberry and Qin Zhu (2016).





Neelke Doorn is Distinguished Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor of "Ethics of Water Engineering" at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Recent book publications include co-editing the volumes Responsible Innovation: Innovative Solutions for Global Issues (2014) and Early Engagement and New Technologies: Opening up the Laboratory (2013). She is also the author of Water Ethics: An Introduction (2020).
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