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Book SynopsisThe philosophy of technology has been dominated by moral/critical metaphysical analyses of the "essence" of technology. This volume explores how empirical data might be used in ontological, epistemological, ethical or more general discussions to develop a philosophy more internally oriented.
Table of ContentsGeneral Considerations on the Empirical Turn: There's no turn like the empirical turn, (A. Rip); Engineering design and the empirical turn in the philosophy of technology, (P. Kroes); To what extent should a critical philosophy of technology be constructivist?, (B. Bos). Ontology and the Empirical Turn: Object and social artifact in engineering design, (L.L. Bucciarelli); The relational ontology of technical artifacts, (A.W.M. Meijers); Epistemology and the Empirical Turn: The thing-y-ness of things - materiality and spectrochemical instrumentation, 1937-1955, (D. Baird); Languages for engineering design - empirical constructs for representing objects and articulating processes, (C.L Dym, P. Brey); Design mistakes - the case of the Hubble space telescope, (J.C. Pitt.). Ethics and the Empirical Turn: The ethics of engineers - from role responsibility to public co-responsibility (C. Mitcham, R. von Schomberg). A Dialogue on Engineering Design and Law: Codes of conduct, the law, and technological design and development, (H. Zandvoort); Toward a juridical turn for the ethics of technology? An aerospace case, (A. Vlot); Self determination, strict liability, and ethical problems in engineering, (H. Zandvoort); Toward a juridical turn for the ethics of technology? Final remarks, (A. Vlot).
