CAN WE BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND ENGINEERING

IF PHILOSOPHY AND ENGINEERING ARE REGARDED AS (APPARENTLY) INCOMMENSURABLE PARADIGMS WE CAN MAKE THEM COMPATIBLE BY ANALYZING THEIR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS MADE IN DIFFERENT THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONTEXTS. AND THUS, THE BUILDING OF OUR BRIDGE DEPENDS ON HOW WE SEE THE WORLD, AS AN UNIVERSAL OR A FRAGMENTED ONE? THE CENTRAL CLAIM OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT BY ADOPTING THE PRINCIPLE OF A “THIN UNIVERSALISM” WE CAN CREATE A COMMON GROUND FOR PHILOSOPHERS AND ENGINEERS TO SUSTAIN COHERENTLY THEIR ARGUMENTS. AND THUS THE BUILDING OF A THEORETICAL BRIDGE WOULD INVOLVE THE EXERCISE OF OUR PRACTICAL REASON BY WHICH WE GAIN COMMON SENSE AND REASONABILITY.

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