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Throughout almost all the long history of engineering endeavour, there has been a struggle between two lines with strictly incompatible basic assumptions on the nature of humans and the function of technology, on the way of seeing the world, and on the human’s being in the world.
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Brödner, P. (1995). The Two Cultures in Engineering. In: Göranzon, B. (eds) Skill, Technology and Enlightenment: On Practical Philosophy. Artificial Intelligence and Society. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3001-7_24
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