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Technical Functions

On the Use and Design of Artefacts

Technical Functions( )
Author: Houkes, Wybo
Vermaas, Pieter E.
Series title:Philosophy of Engineering and Technology Ser.
ISBN:978-90-481-3900-2
Publication Date:Mar 2010
Publisher:Springer
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $209.00
Book Description:

Useful Material is the first book-length study in the philosophy of technical artefacts and their technical functions. It presents an action-theoretical account of using and designing that connects the material side of technical artefacts with the aims of everyday users and the tasks of engineers when designing for those everyday users. The functions of technical artefact play a key role in understanding this connection. The book's centrepiece is an account of those functions, called...
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