Engineers employ the logic of ingenuity to design particular artifacts for specific purposes. It is also applicable to ethical deliberation, since it involves identifying possibilities, assessing alternatives, and choosing one of them to actualize.

1. Engineering
Reasoning and
Ethical Deliberation
JON ALAN SCHMIDT, PE, SECB
BURNS & MCDONNELL, KANSAS CITY, MO
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3. Summary
Scientific Reasoning
Engineering Reasoning
Ethical Deliberation
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4. Scientific Reasoning
Irritation of Doubt
Process of Inquiry
Fixation of Belief
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5. The Logic of Inquiry
Abduction/Retroduction
Deduction
Induction/Adduction
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6. Engineering Reasoning
Irritation of Dissatisfaction
Process of Ingenuity
Fixation of Satisfaction
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7. The Logic of Ingenuity
Abductive Aspect
Deductive Aspect
Inductive Aspect
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8. Engineering Design
Conceive the Artifact
Describe the Artifact
Build and Test the Artifact
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9. Engineering Design
Conceive the Artifact
Analyze the Artifact
Describe the Artifact
Build the Artifact
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10. Engineering Analysis
Create Diagram
Work Out Consequences
Adequate Substitute for
Actual Evaluation
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11. Engineering Analysis
Capture Significant
Relations
Representational System
Based on Previous Inductive
Investigations
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12. The Logic of Ingenuity
Design Particular Artifacts for
Specific Purposes
Solve Real Problems by
Analyzing Fictitious Ones
Simulate Contingent Events
with Necessary Reasoning
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13. Ethical Reasoning
Irritation of Uncertainty
Process of Deliberation
Fixation of Decision
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14. Ethical Deliberation
Ideals
Intention
Rules of Conduct
Resolution
Determination
Review
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15. Ethical Deliberation
Ideals = Framing Hypotheses
Intention = Purpose
Rules of Conduct = Heuristics
Resolution = Model
Determination = Judgment
Review = Observation
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16. Ethical Deliberation
Engineering = Especially
Systematic Way of Willing
Model Need Not Be
Quantitative (Narrative?)
Habits of Matter (Inveterate)
vs. Habits of Mind (Malleable)
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17. The Logic of Ingenuity
Imagine Possibilities
Assess Alternatives
Choose One to Actualize
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18. Discussion
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www.structuremag.org/?cat=36
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