The discipline of engineering presumes certain foundational truths that are not reducible to mathematical formulas. It presupposes certain things about creativity, beauty, and abstraction in order to operate effectively. In short, engineering relies on philosophy. Conversely, philosophy can draw profound truths from principles derived from engineering experience. Engineering and the Ultimate crosses boundaries between a wide variety of disciplines to find truths both new and old that can be transformative to modern thought and practice.

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Acknowledgements 8
IntroductionJonathan Bartlett 14
Philosophy and Pragmatism, Science and Engineering 14
Reintegrating Philosophy into Science and Engineering 16
The Engineering and Metaphysics 2012 Conference 17
Articles in this Volume 18
References 21
I Engineering, Philosophy, and Worldview 22
Reversible Universe: Implications of Affordance-based Reverse Engineering of Complex Natural SystemsDominic Halsmer, Michael Gewecke, Rachelle Gewecke, Nate Roman, Tyler Todd, and Jessica Fitzgerald 24
Introduction 25
Reverse Engineering Natural Systems 27
Interpreting Natural Systems 28
The “Artifact Hermeneutics” of Daniel Dennett 31
Reverse Engineering and Design Recovery Techniques 34
Affordance-based Reverse Engineering 37
How Affordances Assist in the Reverse Engineering of Natural Systems 38
Affordances for Human Life 39
Implications for Worldview 43
Conclusions 45
References 46
The Independence and Proper Roles of Engineering and Metaphysics in Support of an Integrated Understanding of God's CreationAlexander R. Sich 52
Introduction 53
Definitions and Differences of Sciences 55
The Role of Abstraction in Distinguishing the Particular Sciences 60
Metaphysics: The Foundational Science 62
Quo Vadis, Engineering? 64
A Case Study in the Failure to Properly Distinguish: Intelligent Design 66
References 73
II Architecture and the Ultimate 76
Truth, Beauty, and the Reflection of God: John Ruskin’s Seven Lamps of Architecture and The Stones of Venice as Palimpsests for Contemporary ArchitectureMark R. Hall 78
Introduction 78
The Seven Lamps of Architecture 79
Ruskin and The Stones of Venice 81
Review of Ruskin's Reputation 87
Ruskin's Relevance to Contemporary Architecture 89
Architecture as a Palimpsest 92
Peter Eisenman and The Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe 95
Daniel Libeskind and His Architecture 99
References 107
III Software Engineering and Human Agency 110
Using Turing Oracles in Cognitive Models of Problem-SolvingJonathan Bartlett 112
Broad Views of Cognition and Their Historic Consequences in Cognitive Modeling 112
A Primer on Computability and Incomputability 114
The Halting Problem 117
Turing Oracles as Solutions for Incomputable Problems 121
Partial Solutions to Incomputable Functions Using Additional Axioms 122
Towards Defining a Turing Oracle for Modeling Human Problem-Solving on Insight Problems 123
Human Solutions to the Halting Problem 124
An Oracle for Insight Problems 126
Problems and Directions 128
Generalizing the Oracle Method 129
Applications 130
Final Considerations 131
References 133
Calculating Software Complexity Using the Halting ProblemJonathan Bartlett 136
Complexity Metrics in Software 136
A Brief History of Software Complexity Metrics 137
Deeper Difficulties in Software 137
The Halting Problem as an Insight Problem 138
Using the Halting Problem to Measure Software Complexity 139
Adding Axioms to Minimize Insight 140
Using the Metric 142
Further Considerations 142
References 143
Algorithmic Specified ComplexityWinston Ewert, William A. Dembski, and Robert J. Marks II 144
Introduction 144
Method 147
Examples 150
Objections 160
Acknowledgements 162
References 163
Complex Specified Information (CSI) CollectingEric Holloway 166
Introduction 166
Problem Description 167
Background 167
Approach 169
Implementation 169
Results and Conclusion 173
Theoretical Objections 173
Future Work 176
References 178
IV The Engineering of Life 180
Developing Insights into the Design of the Simplest Self-Replicator and Its Complexity: Part 1—Developing a Functional Model for the Simplest Self-ReplicatorArminius Mignea 182
Introduction 182
The Two Phases of Self-Replication 184
Identifying SSR Capabilities as Specific Functions 185
Additional SSR Functions 190
The Higher Level SSR functions 194
The Type and Nature of SSR Components 196
The SSR and Its Information Catalogs 198
Conclusion 199
Developing Insights into the Design of the Simplest Self-Replicator and Its Complexity: Part 2—Evaluating the Complexity of a Concrete Implementation of an Artificial SSRArminius Mignea 200
The Three Closure Requirements as the Basis of an Autonomous SSR 201
The Core Approach to Cloning 201
The Material Basis of the SSR 204
The Type and Nature of SSR Components 205
Derived Design Requirements 206
The Most Significant Challenges for the Design and Implementation of an Artificial SSR 209
The Emerging Image of the Artificial SSR 214
A Brief Survey of Attempts to Build Artificial Self-Replicators 216
Simplifying Assumptions for the Design and Construction of an SSR 221
Conclusion 222
References 224
Developing Insights into the Design of the Simplest Self-Replicator and Its Complexity: Part 3—The Metaphysics of an Artificial SSR and the Origin of Life ProblemArminius Mignea 226
The Insights into the Design of the SSR, Its Complexity, and the Origin of Life 226
From the Physics to the Metaphysics of the SSRs 230
About the Authors 234
Editors and Organizers 234
Primary Authors 236
Additional Authors 237
Index 239

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