Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture

by Pieter E. Vermaas and Peter Kroes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048127335
• ISBN13: 9789048127337
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"