Ebook: Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture

This volume provides the reader with an integrated overview of state-of-the-art research in philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture. It contains twenty-five essays that focus on engineering designing in its traditional sense, on designing in novel engineering domains, including ICT, genetics, and nanotechnology, designing of socio-technical systems, and on architectural and environmental designing. These essays are preceded by an introductory text structuring the field of philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture as one in which a series of similar philosophical, societal, and ethical questions are asked. This volume enables the reader to overcome the traditional separation between engineering designing and architectural designing. The emerging discipline of designing socio-technical systems is shown to form an intermediate between engineering and architecture to which the philosophical and ethical analyses of both domains apply. This volume thus announces a challenging cross-fertilization between the philosophy and ethics of engineering and of architecture that will lay down the integrated ground works for the renewed interests in the importance of design in modern society.

"Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture is a significant contribution to the expanding field of design studies. It brings questions of design into philosophy and thereby brings diverse philosophical perspectives to bear on conceptual, methodological, epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues of design. It is also the first collection of philosophical papers to bridge the divide between critical reflections on design in engineering and in architecture. After the publication of this well edited collection, it will be difficult for philosophy to ignore design as a theme as worthy of attention as such phenomena as scientific theory, aesthetic creativity, or political law."

Carl Mitcham, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines and author of the authorative monograph "Thinking through Technology (1994)"

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This volume provides the reader with an integrated overview of state-of-the-art research in philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture. It contains twenty-five essays that focus on engineering designing in its traditional sense, on designing in novel engineering domains, including ICT, genetics, and nanotechnology, designing of socio-technical systems, and on architectural and environmental designing. These essays are preceded by an introductory text structuring the field of philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture as one in which a series of similar philosophical, societal, and ethical questions are asked. This volume enables the reader to overcome the traditional separation between engineering designing and architectural designing. The emerging discipline of designing socio-technical systems is shown to form an intermediate between engineering and architecture to which the philosophical and ethical analyses of both domains apply. This volume thus announces a challenging cross-fertilization between the philosophy and ethics of engineering and of architecture that will lay down the integrated ground works for the renewed interests in the importance of design in modern society.

"Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture is a significant contribution to the expanding field of design studies. It brings questions of design into philosophy and thereby brings diverse philosophical perspectives to bear on conceptual, methodological, epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues of design. It is also the first collection of philosophical papers to bridge the divide between critical reflections on design in engineering and in architecture. After the publication of this well edited collection, it will be difficult for philosophy to ignore design as a theme as worthy of attention as such phenomena as scientific theory, aesthetic creativity, or political law."

Carl Mitcham, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines and author of the authorative monograph "Thinking through Technology (1994)"

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This volume provides the reader with an integrated overview of state-of-the-art research in philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture. It contains twenty-five essays that focus on engineering designing in its traditional sense, on designing in novel engineering domains, including ICT, genetics, and nanotechnology, designing of socio-technical systems, and on architectural and environmental designing. These essays are preceded by an introductory text structuring the field of philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture as one in which a series of similar philosophical, societal, and ethical questions are asked. This volume enables the reader to overcome the traditional separation between engineering designing and architectural designing. The emerging discipline of designing socio-technical systems is shown to form an intermediate between engineering and architecture to which the philosophical and ethical analyses of both domains apply. This volume thus announces a challenging cross-fertilization between the philosophy and ethics of engineering and of architecture that will lay down the integrated ground works for the renewed interests in the importance of design in modern society.

"Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture is a significant contribution to the expanding field of design studies. It brings questions of design into philosophy and thereby brings diverse philosophical perspectives to bear on conceptual, methodological, epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues of design. It is also the first collection of philosophical papers to bridge the divide between critical reflections on design in engineering and in architecture. After the publication of this well edited collection, it will be difficult for philosophy to ignore design as a theme as worthy of attention as such phenomena as scientific theory, aesthetic creativity, or political law."

Carl Mitcham, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines and author of the authorative monograph "Thinking through Technology (1994)"

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Design in Engineering and Architecture: Towards an Integrated Philosophical Understanding....Pages 1-17
Design, Use, and the Physical and Intentional Aspects of Technical Artifacts....Pages 21-35
Designing is the Construction of Use Plans....Pages 37-49
The Designer Fallacy and Technological Imagination....Pages 51-59
Technological Design as an Evolutionary Process....Pages 61-75
Deciding on Ethical Issues in Engineering Design....Pages 77-89
Morality in Design: Design Ethics and the Morality of Technological Artifacts....Pages 91-103
Thinking about Design: Critical Theory of Technology and the Design Process....Pages 105-118
Design Culture and Acceptable Risk....Pages 119-130
Alienability, Rivalry, and Exclusion Cost: Three Institutional Factors for Design....Pages 131-140
Friends by Design: A Design Philosophy for Personal Robotics Technology....Pages 143-157
Beyond Engineering: Software Design as Bridge over the Culture/Technology Dichotomy....Pages 159-171
Technology Naturalized: A Challenge to Design for the Human Scale....Pages 173-184
Re-Designing Humankind: The Rise of Cyborgs, a Desirable Goal?....Pages 185-195
Designing People: A Post-Human Future?....Pages 197-207
Redesigning Man?....Pages 209-216
Design: Structure, Process, and Function: A Systems Methodology Perspective....Pages 217-231
Co-Designing Social Systems by Designing Technical Artifacts: A Conceptual Approach....Pages 233-245
Beyond Inevitability: Emphasizing the Role of Intention and Ethical Responsibility in Engineering Design....Pages 247-257
Design and Responsibility: The Interdependence of Natural, Artifactual, and Human Systems....Pages 259-269
Form and Process in the Transformation of the Architect's Role in Society....Pages 273-285
Expert Culture, Representation, and Public Choice : Architectural Renderings as the Editing of Reality....Pages 287-300
Diverse Designing: Sorting Out Function and Intention in Artifacts....Pages 301-315
Design Criteria in Architecture....Pages 317-327
Cities, Aesthetics, and Human Community: Some Thoughts on the Limits of Design....Pages 329-339
Nature, Aesthetic Values, and Urban Design: Building the Natural City....Pages 341-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-359

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This volume provides the reader with an integrated overview of state-of-the-art research in philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture. It contains twenty-five essays that focus on engineering designing in its traditional sense, on designing in novel engineering domains, including ICT, genetics, and nanotechnology, designing of socio-technical systems, and on architectural and environmental designing. These essays are preceded by an introductory text structuring the field of philosophy and ethics of design in engineering and architecture as one in which a series of similar philosophical, societal, and ethical questions are asked. This volume enables the reader to overcome the traditional separation between engineering designing and architectural designing. The emerging discipline of designing socio-technical systems is shown to form an intermediate between engineering and architecture to which the philosophical and ethical analyses of both domains apply. This volume thus announces a challenging cross-fertilization between the philosophy and ethics of engineering and of architecture that will lay down the integrated ground works for the renewed interests in the importance of design in modern society.

"Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture is a significant contribution to the expanding field of design studies. It brings questions of design into philosophy and thereby brings diverse philosophical perspectives to bear on conceptual, methodological, epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues of design. It is also the first collection of philosophical papers to bridge the divide between critical reflections on design in engineering and in architecture. After the publication of this well edited collection, it will be difficult for philosophy to ignore design as a theme as worthy of attention as such phenomena as scientific theory, aesthetic creativity, or political law."

Carl Mitcham, Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines and author of the authorative monograph "Thinking through Technology (1994)"

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Design in Engineering and Architecture: Towards an Integrated Philosophical Understanding....Pages 1-17
Design, Use, and the Physical and Intentional Aspects of Technical Artifacts....Pages 21-35
Designing is the Construction of Use Plans....Pages 37-49
The Designer Fallacy and Technological Imagination....Pages 51-59
Technological Design as an Evolutionary Process....Pages 61-75
Deciding on Ethical Issues in Engineering Design....Pages 77-89
Morality in Design: Design Ethics and the Morality of Technological Artifacts....Pages 91-103
Thinking about Design: Critical Theory of Technology and the Design Process....Pages 105-118
Design Culture and Acceptable Risk....Pages 119-130
Alienability, Rivalry, and Exclusion Cost: Three Institutional Factors for Design....Pages 131-140
Friends by Design: A Design Philosophy for Personal Robotics Technology....Pages 143-157
Beyond Engineering: Software Design as Bridge over the Culture/Technology Dichotomy....Pages 159-171
Technology Naturalized: A Challenge to Design for the Human Scale....Pages 173-184
Re-Designing Humankind: The Rise of Cyborgs, a Desirable Goal?....Pages 185-195
Designing People: A Post-Human Future?....Pages 197-207
Redesigning Man?....Pages 209-216
Design: Structure, Process, and Function: A Systems Methodology Perspective....Pages 217-231
Co-Designing Social Systems by Designing Technical Artifacts: A Conceptual Approach....Pages 233-245
Beyond Inevitability: Emphasizing the Role of Intention and Ethical Responsibility in Engineering Design....Pages 247-257
Design and Responsibility: The Interdependence of Natural, Artifactual, and Human Systems....Pages 259-269
Form and Process in the Transformation of the Architect's Role in Society....Pages 273-285
Expert Culture, Representation, and Public Choice : Architectural Renderings as the Editing of Reality....Pages 287-300
Diverse Designing: Sorting Out Function and Intention in Artifacts....Pages 301-315
Design Criteria in Architecture....Pages 317-327
Cities, Aesthetics, and Human Community: Some Thoughts on the Limits of Design....Pages 329-339
Nature, Aesthetic Values, and Urban Design: Building the Natural City....Pages 341-354
Back Matter....Pages 355-359
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