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- First book-length study of technical artefacts and their functions
- State-of-the-art resources in analytical philosophy, such as the planning theory of action and analyses of testimony
- Provides a framework for describing and evaluating artefact use and design
- First and only theory of artefact functions that is faithful to the phenomenology of artefact use
- Positioning of the functions of artefacts against those of biological items
- Typical example of the new school of philosophy of technology that studies engineering and technology on its own merits
Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 1)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Eindhoven, Netherlands
Wybo Houkes
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Dept. Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
P.E. Vermaas
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Technical Functions
Book Subtitle: On the Use and Design of Artefacts
Authors: Wybo Houkes, P.E. Vermaas
Series Title: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3900-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3899-9Published: 14 April 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3197-4Published: 28 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3900-2Published: 19 March 2010
Series ISSN: 1879-7202
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7210
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 174