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While investigations into both theories and models has remained a major strand of engineering design research, current literature sorely lacks a reference book that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date anthology of theories and models, and their philosophical and empirical underpinnings; An Anthology of Theories and Models of Design fills this gap. The text collects the expert views of an international authorship, covering: ·         significant theories in engineering design, including CK theory, domain theory, and the theory of technical systems; ·         current models of design, from a function behavior structure model to an integrated model; ·         important empirical research findings from studies into design; and ·         philosophical underpinnings of design itself. For educators and researchers in engineering design, An Anthology of Theories and Models of Design gives access to in-depth coverage of theoretical and empirical developments in this area; for practitioners, the book will provide exposure to theoretical and empirical foundations to methods and tools that are currently practiced as well as those in the process of development.

Aesthetics. --- Design -- Philosophy. --- Design -- Technique. --- Engineering. --- Engineering design. --- Technology_xPhilosophy. --- Engineering design --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Design --- Philosophy. --- Technique. --- Engineering Design. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses

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This combination of historiography and theory offers the growing Anglophone readership interested in the ideas of Gilbert Simondon a thorough and unprecedented survey of the French philosopher’s entire oeuvre. The publication, which breaks new ground in its thoroughness and breadth of analysis, systematically traces the interconnections between Simondon’s philosophy of science and technology on the one hand, and his political philosophy on the other. The author sets Simondon’s ideas in the context of the epistemology of the late 1950s and the 1960s in France, the milieu that shaped a generation of key French thinkers such as Deleuze, Foucault and Derrida. This volume explores Simondon’s sources, which were as eclectic as they were influential: from the philosophy of Bergson to the cybernetics of Wiener, from the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty to the epistemology of Canguilhem, and from Bachelard’s philosophy of science to the positivist sociology and anthropology of luminaries such as Durkheim and Leroi-Gourhan. It also tackles aspects of Simondon’s philosophy that relate to Heidegger and Elull in their concern with the ontological relationship between technology and society, and discusses key scholars of Simondon such as Barthélémy, Combes, Stiegler, and Virno, as well as the work of contemporary protagonists in the philosophical debate on the relevance of technique. The author’s intimate knowledge of Simondon’s language allows him to resolve many of t he semantic errors and misinterpretations that have plagued reactions to Simondon’s many philosophical neologisms, often drawn from his scientific studies. .

Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Political Philosophy. --- Philosophy (General). --- Science --- Technology --- Political science --- Sciences --- Technologie --- Science politique --- Philosophie --- Political science_xPhilosophy. --- Science_xPhilosophy. --- Technology_xPhilosophy. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Simondon, Gilbert. --- Political philosophy --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy and science. --- Political philosophy. --- Psychology --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Simondon, Gilbert --- Science and philosophy --- Technology and civilization

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This second companion volume on engineering studies considers engineering practice including contextual analyses of engineering identity, epistemologies, and values. Key overlapping questions examine such issues as an engineering identity, engineering self-understandings enacted in the professional world, distinctive characters of engineering knowledge, and how engineering science and engineering design interact in practice. Authors bring with them perspectives from their institutional homes in Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia. The volume includes 24 contributions by more than 30 authors from engineering, the social sciences, and the humanities. Additional issues the chapters scrutinize include prominent norms of engineering, how they interact with the values of efficiency or environmental sustainability. A concluding set of articles considers the meaning of context more generally by asking if engineers create their own contexts or are they created by contexts. Taken as a whole, this collection of original scholarly work is unique in its broad, multidisciplinary consideration of the changing character of engineering practice.

Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Engineering Design. --- Epistemology. --- Ethics. --- Philosophy (General). --- Genetic epistemology. --- Technology --- Engineering design. --- Epistémologie génétique --- Morale --- Technologie --- Conception technique --- Philosophie --- Technology_xPhilosophy. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Engineering --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Values --- Developmental psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Design, Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Design --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. --- Technology and civilization

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This book provides an interdisciplinary collection of views on the ethical challenges and opportunities of workplaces in the Internet of things. Current developments within Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) systems designed for the workplace are introduced and philosophical, organizational and socio-ethical considerations of ubicomp in workplaces are provided. Suggestions regarding the rules that should be respected in order to favor an adequate implementation of ubicomp in the workplace are offered, considering both intra-organizational but also wider societal concerns. The interdisciplinary collection of contributions invites the reader to engage in the discussion of ubicomp in everyday working environments.      .

Engineering. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Technology --- Artificial intelligence. --- Ingénierie --- Technologie --- Intelligence artificielle --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Technology_xPhilosophy. --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Ubiquitous computing. --- Work environment. --- Computer networks --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Climate, Workplace --- Environment, Work --- Places of work --- Work places --- Working conditions, Physical --- Working environment --- Workplace --- Workplace climate --- Workplace environment --- Worksite environment --- Pervasive computing --- UbiComp (Computer science) --- Computational intelligence. --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Environmental engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Embedded computer systems --- Distributed processing --- Artificial Intelligence.

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Classes of socio-technical hazards allow a characterization of the risk in technology innovation and clarify the mechanisms underpinning emergent technological risk. Emerging Technological Risk provides an interdisciplinary account of risk in socio-technical systems including hazards which highlight: ·         How technological risk crosses organizational boundaries, ·         How technological trajectories and evolution develop from resolving tensions emerging between social aspects of organisations and technologies and ·         How social behaviour shapes, and is shaped by, technology. Addressing an audience from a range of academic and professional backgrounds, Emerging Technological Risk is a key source for those who wish to benefit from a detail and methodical exposure to multiple perspectives on technological risk. By providing a synthesis of recent work on risk that captures the complex mechanisms that characterize the emergence of risk in technology innovation, Emerging Technological Risk bridges contributions from many disciplines in order to sustain a fruitful debate. Emerging Technological Risk is one of a series of books developed by the Dependability Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Computer system performance. --- Engineering. --- System safety. --- Technology. --- Technology -- Risk assessment. --- Technology_xPhilosophy. --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Technology - General --- Materials Science --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Interdisciplinary research. --- Applied science --- Arts, Useful --- Science, Applied --- Useful arts --- IDR (Research) --- Research, Interdisciplinary --- Management. --- Industrial management. --- Philosophy. --- Computer system failures. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- System Performance and Evaluation. --- Philosophy of Technology. --- Science --- Industrial arts --- Material culture --- Transdisciplinary research --- Research --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Prevention --- Computer failures --- Computer malfunctions --- Computer systems --- Failure of computer systems --- System failures (Engineering) --- Fault-tolerant computing --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Business administration --- Business enterprises --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Management --- Business --- Industrial organization --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Failures