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The Philosophy of Science and Engineering DesignOn Testing Engineering Design Methods: Explanation, Reverse Engineering, and Constitutive Relevance

The Philosophy of Science and Engineering Design: On Testing Engineering Design Methods:... [In this chapter I, draw on philosophical literature on (scientific) explanation to assess the goodness of engineering design methods. I focus this analysis on the engineering design practice of reverse engineering and redesign, and elaborate a constraint drawn from the mechanistic explanation literature to assess the goodness of reverse engineering practices and the content of explanatory and design representations resulting from those practices. This constraint concerns the distinction between causal and constitutive relevance in mechanisms. I spell out two ways in which constitutive relevance assessments give traction to designing: reverse engineering explanation, and design optimization.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Philosophy of Science and Engineering DesignOn Testing Engineering Design Methods: Explanation, Reverse Engineering, and Constitutive Relevance

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Author(s) 2016
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978-3-319-35154-4
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57 –75
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10.1007/978-3-319-35155-1_4
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[In this chapter I, draw on philosophical literature on (scientific) explanation to assess the goodness of engineering design methods. I focus this analysis on the engineering design practice of reverse engineering and redesign, and elaborate a constraint drawn from the mechanistic explanation literature to assess the goodness of reverse engineering practices and the content of explanatory and design representations resulting from those practices. This constraint concerns the distinction between causal and constitutive relevance in mechanisms. I spell out two ways in which constitutive relevance assessments give traction to designing: reverse engineering explanation, and design optimization.]

Published: Aug 21, 2016

Keywords: Testing design methods; Constitutive relevance; Reverse engineering explanation; Design optimization

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