Jan Kaźmierczak

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Tecnology Assessment: how to do it?

There is a lot of publications concerning the Technology Assessment (TA) which is understood as a process of assessing new technologies or innovative products due to the criterion of their...

07 July 2018 2,413 0 View

What is more important in “e-society”: non-technical knowledge of engineers or technical knowledge of non-engineers?

If we talk about the necessity of equipping contemporary engineers, functioning in the “Industry 4.0” and/or creating for the members of “e-society” practical conditions of being and acting and...

06 June 2018 2,708 6 View

Does a modern engineer need to know about "non-technical" issues?

The question reflects my thoughts, aimed at identifying new content that can and should be included in educational programs, especially technical universities, in connection with the challenges of...

04 April 2018 8,634 12 View

Should the truly identified and not invented needs of "end users" (ie urban residents) be taken into account in projects dedicated to SMART CITY?

Reading the reports and publications regarding various projects with the title of the SMART CITY slogan I often get the impression that the participants of these projects omit the need to conduct...

12 December 2017 2,855 6 View

Smart City: why it is needed and who needs it?

After my previous "general" question (concerning the meaning of treating the idea of Smart City as a scientific problem) I was conditioned to believe that such a meaning exists. Now, I would like...

10 October 2017 5,120 4 View

What do young people think, when decides to study at a technical university, about their future role as an engineer in 21st century society?

In order to successfully teach young students as future engineers, we should, in my view, recognize as precisely as possible their expectations, their hopes and their level of knowledge about the...

09 September 2017 2,536 15 View

Apart of the general problem "Philosophy of Science", are also sub-problems like "Ethics of Science" or "Science Assessment" worth to be discussed??

I am involved last years in field of problems called "Technology Assessment" which is focused - in general - on social impact of new technologies and products. Some colleagues ask me (rather...

01 January 1970 4,733 6 View

Is the origin of human needs, considered by scientists representing different research fields, objective or subjective?

In the discussion of my previous question on the ethical dimension of needs, there appeared, among others, the problem of source / origin of needs. In particular, some of colleagues responding to...

01 January 1970 681 7 View

Does the problem of Ethics is or should be considerd when we talk abou of Needs in wide context?

Problems concerned with recognizing, identifying, analyzing or assessing human needs are investigated by many authors in various approaches. The needs are seen as a problem of social sciences...

01 January 1970 7,766 13 View

Whether and what are the similarities and differences in the economic approach to the issue of demand and technical approach to needs (requirements)?

When I began to wonder about the methodological approach to identify and analyze the needs in the process of creating technical means (processes of engineering), I came to the conclusion that the...

01 January 1970 9,033 1 View

Who is interested in the analysis of needs in the contemporary world?

I am looking for partners interested in problems of identifying, describing and analyzing the needs in different aspects (technical, economic, social) and having their own thoughts and practical...

01 January 1970 7,324 4 View