Showing papers in "Technology in Society in 1979"

TL;DR: Technophilosophy, as I will call the philosophy of technology, was probably founded by Aristotle as discussed by the authors, who seems to have been the first to investigate not only the differences between tech&, or practical knowledge, on the one hand, and episthe, or theoretical knowledge, on the other-which differences had been drawn by his teacher, Plato.

TL;DR: One consequence of the engineering profession's increased interest in ethics and the social effects of technology is the involvement of philosophers in these areas as mentioned in this paper, which can only be effectively understood and resolved by applying the different kinds of skills and knowledge possessed by engineers and philosophers.

TL;DR: In the early years of postwar planning, therefore, the planning was in bits and pieces, reaching into every specialized corner of the government as mentioned in this paper, and it was much easier to reach international agreement in the relatively safe, relatively non-political subjects with which the UN Specialized Agencies deal.

TL;DR: A brand-new nuclear power plant at Zwentendorf, Austria is standing idle as a consequence of a nationwide referendum held on November 5, 1978 as mentioned in this paper, where Austria's electorate decided not to activate Austria's first commerical nuclear reactor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that engineers must be counted among the agents of change, if only because the size and complexity of their projects or the sheer number of products manufactured affect our natural and social ecosystems.

TL;DR: In their enthusiasm for these methods, many investigators have ignored, or seriously underestimated, certain intricate technical problems which place stringent limitations on the validity of model-based predictions as discussed by the authors, and this article is intended to provide a brief discussion of these matters.

TL;DR: In a recent paper as mentioned in this paper, the authors argued that individual scientists and engineers do not, in principle, bear any special moral responsibility for the social consequences of technological innovation, and that technological innovation is an extremely complex social process of which the work of individual engineers is only one element.

TL;DR: In this paper, the same authors dedicated their award to all 190,000 IEEE members, some of whom are going through the same thing that I went through, but without getting an award.

TL;DR: While today most countries face energy shortages, hundreds of thousands of megawatts of hydroelectric power remain undeveloped in Afriea, Asia, and Latin America mainly because of small local demand as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A recent and controversial series of events offers what I believe to be a paradigm of this problem of purpose.