The highly sophisticated techniques of modern engineering are
normally conceived of in practical terms. Corresponding to the
instrumental function of technology, they are designed to direct
the forces of nature according to human purposes. Yet, as soon as
the realm of mere skills is exceeded, the intended useful results
can only be achieved through planned and preconceived action
processes involving the deliberately considered application of well
designed tools and devices. This is to say that in all complex
cases theoretical reasoning becomes an indispensable means to
accomplish the pragmatic technological aims. Hence the abstracting
from the actual concrete function of technology opens the way to
concentrate attention on the general conceptual framework involved.
If this approach is adopted the relevant knowledge and the
procedures applied clearly exhibit a logic of their own. This point
of view leads to a methodological and even an epistemological
analysis of the theoretical structure and the specific methods of
procedure characteristic of modern technology. Investigations of
this kind, that can be described as belonging to an ana lytical
philosophy of technology, form the topic of this anthology. The
type of research in question here is closely akin to that of the
philosophy of science. But it is an astonishing fact that the
commonly accepted and carefully investigated philosophy of science
has not yet found its counterpart in an established philosophy of
technology."
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