Philosophy of engineering, the Glossary
The philosophy of engineering is an emerging discipline that considers what engineering is, what engineers do, and how their work affects society, and thus includes aspects of ethics and aesthetics, as well as the ontology, epistemology, etc.[1]
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45 relations: Aesthetics, Aircraft, Athlete, Building, Carl Mitcham, Change management, Design, Embroidery, Engineer, Engineering, Epistemology, Ethics, Finance, Fine art, Germanic languages, Greek language, Henry Petroski, Herbert A. Simon, Human, Jeroen van den Hoven, Latin, Lewis Mumford, Literature, Manufacturing, Mathematical model, Moral, Natural environment, Ontology, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of technology, Printing, Psychology, Public utility, Questions of Truth, Science, Science and Engineering Ethics, Sculpture, Simon Peyton Jones, Society, Sociology, Technology, The Myth of the Machine, Transport, Typesetting, Value (ethics and social sciences).
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Aesthetics
Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.
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Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
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Athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance.
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Building
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
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Carl Mitcham
Carl Mitcham (born 1941) is a philosopher of engineering and technology, Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines and Visiting International Professor of Philosophy of Technology at Renmin University of China.
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Change management
Change management (CM) is a discipline that focuses on managing changes within an organization.
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Design
A design is the concept of or proposal for an object, process, or system.
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Embroidery
Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
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Engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.
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Engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
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Epistemology
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.
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Ethics
Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.
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Finance
Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets.
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Fine art
In European academic traditions, fine art is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork.
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Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Henry Petroski
Henry Petroski (February 6, 1942 – June 14, 2023) was an American engineer specializing in failure analysis.
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Herbert A. Simon
Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American political scientist whose work also influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology.
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Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
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Jeroen van den Hoven
Jeroen van den Hoven (born 1957 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch ethicist and a philosophy professor at Delft University of Technology.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic.
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Literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.
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Mathematical model
A mathematical model is an abstract description of a concrete system using mathematical concepts and language.
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Moral
A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event.
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Natural environment
The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.
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Ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of being.
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Philosophy of science
Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science.
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Philosophy of technology
The philosophy of technology is a sub-field of philosophy that studies the nature of technology and its social effects.
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Printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template.
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Psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.
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Public utility
A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure).
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Questions of Truth
Questions of Truth is a book by John Polkinghorne and Nicholas Beale which offers their responses to 51 questions about science and religion.
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Science
Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.
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Science and Engineering Ethics
Science and Engineering Ethics is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering ethics as it relates to science and engineering.
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Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.
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Simon Peyton Jones
Simon Peyton Jones (born 18 January 1958) is a British computer scientist who researches the implementation and applications of functional programming languages, particularly lazy functional programming.
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Society
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
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Technology
Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.
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The Myth of the Machine
The Myth of the Machine is a two-volume book by Lewis Mumford that takes an in-depth look at the forces that have shaped modern technology since prehistoric times.
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Transport
Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another.
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Typesetting
Typesetting is the composition of text for publication, display, or distribution by means of arranging physical ''type'' (or sort) in mechanical systems or glyphs in digital systems representing characters (letters and other symbols).
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Value (ethics and social sciences)
In ethics and social sciences, value denotes the degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining which actions are best to do or what way is best to live (normative ethics in ethics), or to describe the significance of different actions.
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See also
Engineering studies
- Engineering education research
- Engineering ethics
- Engineering studies
- History of engineering
- History of technology
- Philosophy of engineering
- Social construction of technology
- Social shaping of technology
- Technological change