“philosophy of technology” is a new branch of the human knowledge which with this specific title has only 30 or 40 years old in the literature of the world thinkers. however, the “technology” is one of the modern world phenomena, which from 19th century drew the attention of the thinkers and was analyzed by romantists, marx and heidegger and in 20th century was considered more but the using of ...

Human factors are the most predominated factors in all systems where humans are part of the systems. Human traits and needs are the fundamental force underlying almost all phenomena in human task performances, engineering organizations, and socialization. This article explores the cognitive foundations of human traits and cognitive properties of human factors in engineering. A comprehensive set...

Work in the field of human error has typically focused on operators of safety-critical equipment, such as nuclear power plant controllers, and of the design of the human-machine interfaces in such settings. Limited consideration has been given to wider system issues. Similarly, researchers and practitioners in the field of Dependable Systems are concerned with the design of computer-based syste...