I just corrected the proofs of my upcoming chapter ‘Limits to Systems Engineering’ in Philosophy and Engineering (I. van de Poel, D.E. Goldberg (eds.), 2009 with Springer). The volume, coming out of the first Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering (for which mmott did the design (see here and here)) contains chapters on Philosophy, Reflection and Ethics.
In my paper I explore the concept of boundary in systems engineering methodology. (more…)