Ross GaylerMy working definition of philosophy of science is: a descriptive or normative account of processes for improving models of phenomena in the world. The focus of that definition is "how the world works".
However, my research interests are more in the technology/engineering sphere, where the focus is designing better artifacts (e.g. bridges, programming languages). In that sphere "how the world works" is more a set of constraints on the design of the artifacts and the focus is on "productive ways to think about the design problem" (i.e. if the models being improved are models of the design process).
I would like to think that this class of engineering research is a type of scientific research. Is there any philosophy of science work that recognises engineering design research as significantly different from prototypical scientific research and applies a philosophy of science approach to that engineering research?
I would greatly appreciate any pointers to this kind of work. Thanks!
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