Shaping Concepts of Technology: From Philosophical Perspective to Mental Images (Inbunden)
avM. J. De Vries, Arley Tamir, M. J. Vries
ISBN: 9780792346470 - UTGIVEN: 1997-07Explores the nature of technology and the body of knowledge for technology. This book seeks to show how the philosophy of technology can provide an academic background for technology education, and help philosophers to understand the ideas people have about the true nature of technology.[...]
International Handbook of Technology Education (Pocket)
avM. J. (EDT) De Vries, I. (EDT) Mottier, M. J. (EDT) De Vries
ISBN: 9789077874066 - UTGIVEN: 2005-12
Sustainability Science (Pocket)
avBert J. M. De Vries
ISBN: 9780521184700 - UTGIVEN: 201212Sustainable development is becoming the guiding principle for the twenty-first century. This textbook - based on the author's course and rigorously class-tested by his students - provides an introduction into patterns of past and present (un)sustainable development and into the emergence of the noti[...]
Design Methodology and Relationships with Science (Inbunden)
avM. J. de Vries, N. Cross, N. P. Grant
ISBN: 9780792321910 - UTGIVEN: 199303This book offers a survey of the present state of affairs in the discipline of design methodology, with a special focus on relationships between design and science (both knowledge and methods). Contributions from historical, philosophical, engineering, and design practice perspectives have been brou[...]
Sustainability Science (Inbunden)
avBert J. M. De Vries
ISBN: 9781107005884 - UTGIVEN: 201212Sustainable development is becoming the guiding principle for the twenty-first century. This textbook - based on the author's course and rigorously class-tested by his students - provides an introduction into patterns of past and present (un)sustainable development and into the emergence of the noti[...]
Norms in Technology (Inbunden)
avMarc J. De Vries, Sven Ove Hansson, Anthonie W. M. Meijers
ISBN: 9789400752429 - UTGIVEN: 201211This book is a distinctive fusion of philosophy and technology, delineating the normative landscape that informs today's technologies and tomorrow's inventions. The authors examine what we deem to be the internal norms that govern our ever-expanding technical universe. Recognizing that developments [...]
