Philosophy of Engineering

A series of events exploring philosophical issues in engineering research and practice

In March 2006 The Royal Academy of Engineering embarked on a series of seminars on the philosophy of engineering. The series began with a meeting of engineers and philosophers who discussed issues which were of mutual interest, lying at the intersection of philosophy and engineering. The first volume of presentations from the series is here: Philosophy of Engineering volume 1 (1256KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

Workshop on Philosophy of Engineering:

Cover of the 2008 Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering abstracts of papers presented at the workshop

The Royal Academy of Engineering hosted the second international Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering on November 10th -12th 2008. A book of abstracts of papers presented at the workshop is available below:

Abstracts of papers presented at the workshop (1610KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

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Academy Philosophy seminars:

December 2007: Engineering and environmental ethics (33KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

September 2007: Metaphysics and engineering (33KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

July 11 2007: AI and IT - where philosophy and engineering meet (133KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

Transcript of Presentations on 27 March 2007 (90KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

Transcript of Discussions in Seminar on 27 March 2007 (39KB)Adobe PDF document icon image

March 2007: Systems Engineering and Engineering Design (82KB) Adobe PDF document icon image

November 2006: What is engineering, and what is engineering knowledge?

 

For further information contact Dr Natasha McCarthy on: tel: 020 7766 0675
[E-mail Natasha McCarthy]

 

 

Updated July 2012

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