ISSN 2756-3405
African Journal of Philosophy and Religious Studies ISSN 1621-4587 Vol. 6 (1), pp. 001-011, January, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Engineering science and philosophy
Zekâi ẞen
Istanbul Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Hydraulics and Water Resources Division, Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail:[email protected]r
Accepted 02 October, 2019
Abstract
Engineering services and structures are among the cornerstones in any civilization growth and development for the social harmony of the society. In the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of these structures, engineers had innovative practical and creative artistic abilities in the past, but systematic education and training programs led them to get away from such abilities with more emphasis on the analytical and numerical ability improvements with deductive inferences leading to standard solutions. Although analytical intelligence and ability are indispensible gradients in mass production, their crisp and hard rule applications do not provide creative bases in engineering career. It is the main theme of this paper to emphasize the significance of science philosophy entrance into the engineering education and training. Without such a basis engineers expect case study solutions and ready software or formulation matching in their problem solving stages and hence creative abilities are not cared for future improvements and advancements. Philosophy of science provides dynamism into the creative intelligence of engineers.
Key words: Apprentice, deduction, education, philosophy, master, memorization, science.