Heidegger’s resonance with engineering: The primacy of practice

dc.contributor.authorDias, WPS
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T05:23:41Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T05:23:41Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes how some aspects of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy resonate strongly with an engineering outlook. He argued that practice was more “primordial” than theory, though preserving an important role for theoretical understanding as well, thus speaking to the gap between engineering education (highly theoretical) and engineering practice (mostly empirical). He also underlined the reality of “average” practices into which we are socialized, though affirming the potential for original work and action too, thus providing the grounds for self-actualization whether within the routine or in transcending it. His notion of “thrownness” emphasizes the importance of context, with which engineers are constantly engaged. While all this relates to the idea of our “being”, Heidegger also dealt with the influence of time on our practices. Future death could be seen as spurring innovation, cultural history as a source for critiquing current practice and the present “situation” as the immediate context for corrective action. His major book is appropriately called “Being and Timeen_US
dc.identifier.citationDias, W. P. S. (2006). Heidegger’s resonance with engineering: The primacy of practice. Science and Engineering Ethics, 12(3), 523–532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-006-0050-7en_US
dc.identifier.databaseSpringer link
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11948-006-0050-7
dc.identifier.journalScience and Engineering Ethicsen_US
dc.identifier.pgnos523–532en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/20342
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.year2006en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectpracticeen_US
dc.subjecteverydaynessen_US
dc.subjectbreakdownsen_US
dc.subjectcontexten_US
dc.subjecttemporalityen_US
dc.titleHeidegger’s resonance with engineering: The primacy of practiceen_US
dc.typeArticle-Full-texten_US

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