• DocumentCode
    1328061
  • Title

    The philosophy of engineering

  • Author

    Greber, Henry

  • Author_Institution
    New York, N.Y.
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1966
  • Firstpage
    112
  • Lastpage
    115
  • Abstract
    Although the philosophy of science was already well developed in antiquity, the philosophy of engineering is not accurately defined even today! Despite the influence of engineering upon philosophy in recent centuries, no one philosopher has made an attempt to define the philosophy of engineering. Thus it may not be a coincidence that Ludwig Wittgenstein, the founder of the modern philosophical trend of logical positivism, was an engineer. But even he never wrote anything on engineering. It seems as if the philosophers left the philosophy of engineering to the engineers.
  • Keywords
    Educational technology; Electrical engineering; Engineering education; Philosophy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1966.5217367
  • Filename
    5217367