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Steps toward a Philosophy of Engineering

Historico-Philosophical and Critical Essays

Carl Mitcham

The rise of classic Euro-American philosophy of technology in the 1950s originally emphasized the importance of technologies as material entities and their mediating influence within human experience. Recent decades, however, have witnessed a subtle shift toward reflection on the activity from which these distinctly modern artifacts emerge and through which they are engaged and managed, that is, on engineering. What is engineering? What is the meaning of engineering? How is engineering related to other aspects of human existence? Such basic questions readily engage all major branches of philosophy --- ontology, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics --- although not always to the same degree. The historico-philosophical and critical reflections collected here record a series of halting steps to think through engineering and the engineered way of life that we all increasingly live in what has been called the Anthropocene. The aim is not to promote an ideology for engineering but to stimulate deeper reflection among engineers and non-engineers alike about some basic challenges of our engineered and engineering lifeworld.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International
Pages: 466 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-78661-126-0 • Hardback • December 2019 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
978-1-78661-127-7 • Paperback • December 2019 • $44.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy / Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy / Ethics / Applied Ethics
Carl Mitcham is International Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Technology at Renmin University of China and Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. His publications include Thinking through Technology (1994), and Ethics and Science: An Introduction (2012, with Adam Briggle).
Preface

Acknowledgments



Fragments in Search of an Introduction:

Remarks on Engineering as a Theme in Philosophy

[Introduction]

Emergence

Dual Contexts: West and East

Engineering Studies

American Initiatives

Engineering in Words

Philosophy and Engineering

Engineering Is Everywhere

Aspirations



Part One



1. Science, Technology, Engineering, and the Military

[Introduction]

Observations from History

Historico-Philosophical Background

After World War II in the United States

Military Embeds with Philosophy of Engineering

Conclusion

Addendum: Re-Engineering Warfare



2. Ethics into Design

[Introduction]

On the Existence of Design

On the Social Dimensions of Modern Design

On the Ethics of Designing

Two Versions of an Ethics in Design

Notes toward an Inner Ethics of Design

Notes



3. The Importance of Philosophy to Engineering

[Introduction]

1. Self-Defense and Philosophy

2. Self-Interest and Philosophy

3. Excursus: Three Questions

4. Engineering and Ethics

5. Beyond Applied Ethics: Self-Knowledge and Philosophy

Notes



4. From Dasein to Design:

The Problematics of Turning Making into Thinking

(with J. Britt Holbrook)

[Introduction]

The Etymology of “Design”

Technological Design History

Technological Design as the Turning of Making into Thinking

The Problematics of Technological Design

A Duty Plus Respicere and Its Discontents

The Metaphysics of Technological Design

Authenticity in Technological Design



5. Professional Idealism among Scientists and Engineers:

A Neglected Tradition in STS Studies

[Introduction]

1. FAS, the Bulletin, Pugwash, and UCS

The Federation of American Scientists

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The Pugwash Movement

The Union of Concerned Scientists

2. Committee for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

Implications



6. Can Engineering Be Philosophical?

[Introduction]

1. Oppositions

2. Obligations

3. Options

Conclusion

Philosophical Engineering: Five Theses

Addendum: Chat with Epictetus



7. Convivial Software:

An End-User Perspective on Free and Open Source Software

[Introduction]

1. Technological Invention in a Social Context

2. The Engineering Ideal

3. The Convivial Technology Ideal

Conclusion and Implications



8. Comparing Approaches to the Philosophy of Engineering

(with Robert Mackey)

[Introduction]

1. Introduction

2. Six Basic Types

3. Toward a Linguistic Philosophy of Engineering

4. Conclusion



Part Two



9. A Spectrum of Ideals in Engineering Ethics, Simplified

[Introduction]

1. Dialectics of Ethics and Engineering

First Thesis: Obedience to Authority and Company Loyalty

The Principle of Loyal Obedience

Second Thesis: Technocratic Efficiency

The Principle of Efficiency

Third Thesis: Public Safety, Health, and Welfare

In the ECPD-ABET-AAES

In the NSPE

In the IEEE

Public Safety, Health, and Welfare as Paramount

Environmentalism and Sustainability

A Participation Principle

2. Elaborating: Selective North American Cases and Issues

Jakobsen, Payne, and the ASCE (1930s)

Hydrolevel Case (1960s)

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Case (1970s)

Challenger Disaster (1980s)

Whistle Blowing as a Duty to Public Disclosure

Concluding Non-Dialectic Postscript

3. Toward a Soft Dialectical Synthesis

A Duty Plus Respicere To Take More into Account

Practical Guidelines for Exercising a Duty Plus Respicere

Notes



10. The Concept of Sustainability:

Origins and Ambivalences

[Introduction]

1. The Historical and Philosophical Background of Sustainability

2. Immediate Origins of the Concept of Sustainable Development

3. Sustainable Development and Its Near Neighbors

4. Critiques of Sustainability

Conclusion

Addenda: Economics, Philosophy, Engineering

Notes



11. Engineering Ethics Education in the American Context:

Retrospect and Prospect

[Introduction]

1. A Brief History of Key Ideas in Engineering Ethics

2. Engineering Ethics: Some Quantitative Observations

3. Ethics into Engineering Education

4. Contemporary Possibilities: A Policy Turn?

Coda: Post-Engineering



12. Notes on Engineering Ethics in Global Perspective

(with Gary Downey and Juan Lucena)

[Introduction]

Japan: Engineering Profession as Household

Engineering Ethics as Institutional Protection in Hong Kong

France: Engineers and Progress

Germany: Engineering as Bildung

Engineering Ethics as Social Reform in Sweden

Engineering Ethics to Resist Corruption in the Dominican Republic

Engineering Ethics as Alternative Development in Chile

Conclusion: How Globalization Takes Hold

Addendum: A Further Note



13. Humanitarian Engineering

(with David Muñoz)

1. Shifting Contexts and Constraints

2. Humanitarianism in History

Humanitarianism versus Humanism and Human Rights

Humanitarian Universalism

Anticipations of the Humanitarian Movement

3. Five Phases of Modern Humanitarianism

Phase One (1800s): Rise of the Humanitarian Movement Proper

Phase Two (early 1900s): Humanitarianism beyond the Battlefield

Phase Three (1950s-1960s): Humanitarianism as FreeWorld Ideology

Phase Four (1970s-1990s): Alternative Humanitarianisms

Phase Five (2000s-present): Humanitarianism Globalized and Questioned

The Humanitarian Charter

4. Toward Humanitarian Engineering

The Fred Cuny Story

Other Precursors and Influences

Maurice Albertson and the U.S. Peace Corps

Médecins sans Frontiers and Engineers without Borders

Humanitarian Engineering: Core Features

5. Challenges

Practical Challenges

Theoretical Challenges

6. Conclusion: Humanizing Technology



14. The Philosophical Inadequacy of Engineering

[Introduction]

1. Engineering Defined

2. Historical Emergence

3. The Problem

4. Conclusion

Addendum: The Sociological Inadequacy of Engineering:

Response to David Goldberg



15. The True Grand Challenge for Engineering: Self-Knowledge

[Introduction]

An Axial Age

Two Cultures Recidivus

Why Humanities?

Re-envisioning engineering

Addendum: Simondon’s Dream



16. From Engineering Ethics to Politics

(with Wang Nan)

[Introduction]

Pre-Philosophical Origins [Tredgold mentioned]

Initial Engineering-Philosophical Discussions: Germany

Initial Engineering-Philosophical Discussions: United States [Tredgold mentioned]

Globalization

From Ethics to Politics

Conclusion

Coda: Toward a Political Philosophy of Engineering



Part Three



17. Engineering Policy: Exploratory Reflections

[Introduction]

Conceptual Issue: What Is Policy?

Background: Classics in Science Policy

Science, Technology, and Engineering

Normative Arguments: Henry Petroski

Normative Arguments: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Conclusion



18. Energy Constraints

(with Jessica Smith)

Anthropologies of Energy

Philosophies of Energy

Type I versus Type II Energy Ethics



19. Can Philosophy Be Engineering?

1. Learning from Trying

2. Toward an Engineering Epistemology and Metaphysics

3. The Question of Engineering

4. Questions of Engineering Ethics and Politics

Conclusion



20. In Conclusions

[Introduction]

Where To Begin?

Continuing

And More

Concluding Unsystematic Postscript: Toward a Techno-Human Condition or Clash of Anthropologies?

Addendum: Hemingway and Picasso





Appendix

On Engineering Use and Convenience



[Introduction]

1. The Charter of the Institution of Civil Engineers

2. Immediate Origins of the Charter

3. Thomas Telford and the Institution in Cultural Context

4. Telford’s Path: Stone Mason to Engineer

5. Use and Convenience, Before and After Tredgold and Telford

6. The Distractions of Convenience



References



Index

As a book to read cover-to-cover, Steps toward a Philosophy of Engineering possesses both the charms and tics of any collection of previously published essays. This collection of Mitcham's essays is a clearly-written, generous, and thoughtful guide. In other words, the volume as a whole should be assigned reading in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses.


— Technology and Culture


Carl Mitcham is one of the most authoritative voices in the philosophy of technology in Spain. His lifelong work has contributed to the understanding of how Western culture has changed through technology, having written important classics in this field. This new volume provides a new perspective on engineering as that form of human agency from which modern technology emerges.
— Andoni Alonso, Professor of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid


In my view, modernity has created a technocracy, a world where large-scale engineering projects as well as engineers of all types (civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, computer ... even social) play leading roles. As Mitcham argues, philosophy must not ignore this reality.
— Yongmou Liu, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China


Mitcham convincingly shows why the engineering design stance is a better perspective to understand the intricacies of knowledge production and its problems than the approach based on science, technology or innovation. It also enables us to truly understand the world we live in. This book sets out the first steps for setting an agenda for an invigorating philosophical work.
— Andoni Ibarra, Editor of Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science


Across the past three decades, few scholars have thought as carefully or cogently as Carl Mitcham about the technoscientific world taking shape around us. In Steps toward the Philosophy of Engineering, we are treated to many of his best thoughts all in one place. This is destined to be a landmark text.
— Adam Briggle, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas


Carl Mitcham has worked for many years on bridging the gap between philosophy (his specialist discipline) and technology (the one with which he has been engaging). He is probably the most eminent and respected exponent of that relationship, having established his credentials through his seminal book Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy (Mitcham, 1994). … As in his groundbreaking book of 1994, Mitcham is nothing if not comprehensive in this collection. … This is enhanced in this book by a range of collaborators, and his academic links with China, a culture very different from America. His occasional use of figures and tables will hopefully entice engineering readers to engage with him. I read the electronic version, which was helpful in searching for keywords when I moved from reading to writing, but there is also an index. The downside of reading through a collection of essays is that there is inevitable repetition, although this could also be seen as concept reinforcement. The benefit of a collection is that individual pieces can be used for study and discussion by students and faculty – and even practitioners.


— Prometheus


Steps toward a Philosophy of Engineering

Historico-Philosophical and Critical Essays

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Summary
Summary
  • The rise of classic Euro-American philosophy of technology in the 1950s originally emphasized the importance of technologies as material entities and their mediating influence within human experience. Recent decades, however, have witnessed a subtle shift toward reflection on the activity from which these distinctly modern artifacts emerge and through which they are engaged and managed, that is, on engineering. What is engineering? What is the meaning of engineering? How is engineering related to other aspects of human existence? Such basic questions readily engage all major branches of philosophy --- ontology, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics --- although not always to the same degree. The historico-philosophical and critical reflections collected here record a series of halting steps to think through engineering and the engineered way of life that we all increasingly live in what has been called the Anthropocene. The aim is not to promote an ideology for engineering but to stimulate deeper reflection among engineers and non-engineers alike about some basic challenges of our engineered and engineering lifeworld.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International
    Pages: 466 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-78661-126-0 • Hardback • December 2019 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
    978-1-78661-127-7 • Paperback • December 2019 • $44.00 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy / Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy / Ethics / Applied Ethics
Author
Author
  • Carl Mitcham is International Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Technology at Renmin University of China and Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. His publications include Thinking through Technology (1994), and Ethics and Science: An Introduction (2012, with Adam Briggle).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Acknowledgments



    Fragments in Search of an Introduction:

    Remarks on Engineering as a Theme in Philosophy

    [Introduction]

    Emergence

    Dual Contexts: West and East

    Engineering Studies

    American Initiatives

    Engineering in Words

    Philosophy and Engineering

    Engineering Is Everywhere

    Aspirations



    Part One



    1. Science, Technology, Engineering, and the Military

    [Introduction]

    Observations from History

    Historico-Philosophical Background

    After World War II in the United States

    Military Embeds with Philosophy of Engineering

    Conclusion

    Addendum: Re-Engineering Warfare



    2. Ethics into Design

    [Introduction]

    On the Existence of Design

    On the Social Dimensions of Modern Design

    On the Ethics of Designing

    Two Versions of an Ethics in Design

    Notes toward an Inner Ethics of Design

    Notes



    3. The Importance of Philosophy to Engineering

    [Introduction]

    1. Self-Defense and Philosophy

    2. Self-Interest and Philosophy

    3. Excursus: Three Questions

    4. Engineering and Ethics

    5. Beyond Applied Ethics: Self-Knowledge and Philosophy

    Notes



    4. From Dasein to Design:

    The Problematics of Turning Making into Thinking

    (with J. Britt Holbrook)

    [Introduction]

    The Etymology of “Design”

    Technological Design History

    Technological Design as the Turning of Making into Thinking

    The Problematics of Technological Design

    A Duty Plus Respicere and Its Discontents

    The Metaphysics of Technological Design

    Authenticity in Technological Design



    5. Professional Idealism among Scientists and Engineers:

    A Neglected Tradition in STS Studies

    [Introduction]

    1. FAS, the Bulletin, Pugwash, and UCS

    The Federation of American Scientists

    The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

    The Pugwash Movement

    The Union of Concerned Scientists

    2. Committee for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

    Implications



    6. Can Engineering Be Philosophical?

    [Introduction]

    1. Oppositions

    2. Obligations

    3. Options

    Conclusion

    Philosophical Engineering: Five Theses

    Addendum: Chat with Epictetus



    7. Convivial Software:

    An End-User Perspective on Free and Open Source Software

    [Introduction]

    1. Technological Invention in a Social Context

    2. The Engineering Ideal

    3. The Convivial Technology Ideal

    Conclusion and Implications



    8. Comparing Approaches to the Philosophy of Engineering

    (with Robert Mackey)

    [Introduction]

    1. Introduction

    2. Six Basic Types

    3. Toward a Linguistic Philosophy of Engineering

    4. Conclusion



    Part Two



    9. A Spectrum of Ideals in Engineering Ethics, Simplified

    [Introduction]

    1. Dialectics of Ethics and Engineering

    First Thesis: Obedience to Authority and Company Loyalty

    The Principle of Loyal Obedience

    Second Thesis: Technocratic Efficiency

    The Principle of Efficiency

    Third Thesis: Public Safety, Health, and Welfare

    In the ECPD-ABET-AAES

    In the NSPE

    In the IEEE

    Public Safety, Health, and Welfare as Paramount

    Environmentalism and Sustainability

    A Participation Principle

    2. Elaborating: Selective North American Cases and Issues

    Jakobsen, Payne, and the ASCE (1930s)

    Hydrolevel Case (1960s)

    Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Case (1970s)

    Challenger Disaster (1980s)

    Whistle Blowing as a Duty to Public Disclosure

    Concluding Non-Dialectic Postscript

    3. Toward a Soft Dialectical Synthesis

    A Duty Plus Respicere To Take More into Account

    Practical Guidelines for Exercising a Duty Plus Respicere

    Notes



    10. The Concept of Sustainability:

    Origins and Ambivalences

    [Introduction]

    1. The Historical and Philosophical Background of Sustainability

    2. Immediate Origins of the Concept of Sustainable Development

    3. Sustainable Development and Its Near Neighbors

    4. Critiques of Sustainability

    Conclusion

    Addenda: Economics, Philosophy, Engineering

    Notes



    11. Engineering Ethics Education in the American Context:

    Retrospect and Prospect

    [Introduction]

    1. A Brief History of Key Ideas in Engineering Ethics

    2. Engineering Ethics: Some Quantitative Observations

    3. Ethics into Engineering Education

    4. Contemporary Possibilities: A Policy Turn?

    Coda: Post-Engineering



    12. Notes on Engineering Ethics in Global Perspective

    (with Gary Downey and Juan Lucena)

    [Introduction]

    Japan: Engineering Profession as Household

    Engineering Ethics as Institutional Protection in Hong Kong

    France: Engineers and Progress

    Germany: Engineering as Bildung

    Engineering Ethics as Social Reform in Sweden

    Engineering Ethics to Resist Corruption in the Dominican Republic

    Engineering Ethics as Alternative Development in Chile

    Conclusion: How Globalization Takes Hold

    Addendum: A Further Note



    13. Humanitarian Engineering

    (with David Muñoz)

    1. Shifting Contexts and Constraints

    2. Humanitarianism in History

    Humanitarianism versus Humanism and Human Rights

    Humanitarian Universalism

    Anticipations of the Humanitarian Movement

    3. Five Phases of Modern Humanitarianism

    Phase One (1800s): Rise of the Humanitarian Movement Proper

    Phase Two (early 1900s): Humanitarianism beyond the Battlefield

    Phase Three (1950s-1960s): Humanitarianism as FreeWorld Ideology

    Phase Four (1970s-1990s): Alternative Humanitarianisms

    Phase Five (2000s-present): Humanitarianism Globalized and Questioned

    The Humanitarian Charter

    4. Toward Humanitarian Engineering

    The Fred Cuny Story

    Other Precursors and Influences

    Maurice Albertson and the U.S. Peace Corps

    Médecins sans Frontiers and Engineers without Borders

    Humanitarian Engineering: Core Features

    5. Challenges

    Practical Challenges

    Theoretical Challenges

    6. Conclusion: Humanizing Technology



    14. The Philosophical Inadequacy of Engineering

    [Introduction]

    1. Engineering Defined

    2. Historical Emergence

    3. The Problem

    4. Conclusion

    Addendum: The Sociological Inadequacy of Engineering:

    Response to David Goldberg



    15. The True Grand Challenge for Engineering: Self-Knowledge

    [Introduction]

    An Axial Age

    Two Cultures Recidivus

    Why Humanities?

    Re-envisioning engineering

    Addendum: Simondon’s Dream



    16. From Engineering Ethics to Politics

    (with Wang Nan)

    [Introduction]

    Pre-Philosophical Origins [Tredgold mentioned]

    Initial Engineering-Philosophical Discussions: Germany

    Initial Engineering-Philosophical Discussions: United States [Tredgold mentioned]

    Globalization

    From Ethics to Politics

    Conclusion

    Coda: Toward a Political Philosophy of Engineering



    Part Three



    17. Engineering Policy: Exploratory Reflections

    [Introduction]

    Conceptual Issue: What Is Policy?

    Background: Classics in Science Policy

    Science, Technology, and Engineering

    Normative Arguments: Henry Petroski

    Normative Arguments: Roger Pielke, Jr.

    Conclusion



    18. Energy Constraints

    (with Jessica Smith)

    Anthropologies of Energy

    Philosophies of Energy

    Type I versus Type II Energy Ethics



    19. Can Philosophy Be Engineering?

    1. Learning from Trying

    2. Toward an Engineering Epistemology and Metaphysics

    3. The Question of Engineering

    4. Questions of Engineering Ethics and Politics

    Conclusion



    20. In Conclusions

    [Introduction]

    Where To Begin?

    Continuing

    And More

    Concluding Unsystematic Postscript: Toward a Techno-Human Condition or Clash of Anthropologies?

    Addendum: Hemingway and Picasso





    Appendix

    On Engineering Use and Convenience



    [Introduction]

    1. The Charter of the Institution of Civil Engineers

    2. Immediate Origins of the Charter

    3. Thomas Telford and the Institution in Cultural Context

    4. Telford’s Path: Stone Mason to Engineer

    5. Use and Convenience, Before and After Tredgold and Telford

    6. The Distractions of Convenience



    References



    Index
Reviews
Reviews
  • As a book to read cover-to-cover, Steps toward a Philosophy of Engineering possesses both the charms and tics of any collection of previously published essays. This collection of Mitcham's essays is a clearly-written, generous, and thoughtful guide. In other words, the volume as a whole should be assigned reading in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses.


    — Technology and Culture


    Carl Mitcham is one of the most authoritative voices in the philosophy of technology in Spain. His lifelong work has contributed to the understanding of how Western culture has changed through technology, having written important classics in this field. This new volume provides a new perspective on engineering as that form of human agency from which modern technology emerges.
    — Andoni Alonso, Professor of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid


    In my view, modernity has created a technocracy, a world where large-scale engineering projects as well as engineers of all types (civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, computer ... even social) play leading roles. As Mitcham argues, philosophy must not ignore this reality.
    — Yongmou Liu, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China


    Mitcham convincingly shows why the engineering design stance is a better perspective to understand the intricacies of knowledge production and its problems than the approach based on science, technology or innovation. It also enables us to truly understand the world we live in. This book sets out the first steps for setting an agenda for an invigorating philosophical work.
    — Andoni Ibarra, Editor of Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science


    Across the past three decades, few scholars have thought as carefully or cogently as Carl Mitcham about the technoscientific world taking shape around us. In Steps toward the Philosophy of Engineering, we are treated to many of his best thoughts all in one place. This is destined to be a landmark text.
    — Adam Briggle, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas


    Carl Mitcham has worked for many years on bridging the gap between philosophy (his specialist discipline) and technology (the one with which he has been engaging). He is probably the most eminent and respected exponent of that relationship, having established his credentials through his seminal book Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy (Mitcham, 1994). … As in his groundbreaking book of 1994, Mitcham is nothing if not comprehensive in this collection. … This is enhanced in this book by a range of collaborators, and his academic links with China, a culture very different from America. His occasional use of figures and tables will hopefully entice engineering readers to engage with him. I read the electronic version, which was helpful in searching for keywords when I moved from reading to writing, but there is also an index. The downside of reading through a collection of essays is that there is inevitable repetition, although this could also be seen as concept reinforcement. The benefit of a collection is that individual pieces can be used for study and discussion by students and faculty – and even practitioners.


    — Prometheus


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