Artefact Kinds Ontology and the Human-Made World /
This book is concerned with two intimately related topics of metaphysics: the identity of entities and the foundations of classification. What it adds to previous discussions of these topics is that it addresses them with respect to human-made entities, that is, artefacts. As the chapters in the boo...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Σειρά: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ;
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Ontology of Technical Artefacts; Maarten Franssen, Peter Kroes, Thomas A. C. Reydon and Pieter E. Vermaas
- Part I: Artefact Kinds and Metaphysics
- Chapter 2. How Real are Artefacts and Artefact Kinds?; E. J. Lowe
- Chapter 3. Artifacts and Mind-Independence; Crawford L. Elder
- Chapter 4. Public Artifacts, Intentions, and Norms; Amie L. Thomasson
- Chapter 5. Artefact Kinds, Ontological Criteria and Forms of Mind-Dependence; Maarten Franssen and Peter Kroes
- Chapter 6. Artifact Kinds, Identity Criteria and Logical Adequacy; Massimiliano Carrara, Silvia Gaio and Marzia Soavi
- Part II: Artefact Kinds and New Perspectives
- Chapter 7. Creating Artifactual Kinds; Jesús Vega-Encabo and Diego Lawler
- Chapter 8. Metaphysical and Epistemological Approaches to Developing a Theory of Artifact Kinds; Thomas A. C. Reydon
- Chapter 9. Ethnotechnology: A Manifesto; Beth Preston
- Part III: Artefact Kinds and Engineering Practice
- Chapter 10. On What is Made: Instruments, Products and Natural Kinds of Artefacts; Wybo Houkes and Pieter E. Vermaas
- Chapter 11. Artefactual Systems, Missing Components and Replaceability; Nicola Guarino
- Chapter 12. Engineering Differences Between Natural, Social and Artificial Kinds; Eric T. Kerr.
