Technical Artefacts: Creations of Mind and Matter (Record no. 104671)
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| control field | 978-94-007-3940-6 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789400739406 |
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| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-94-007-3940-6 |
| Source of number or code | doi |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | B53 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | HP |
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| Subject category code | PHI021000 |
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| Subject category code | TEC000000 |
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 601 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kroes, Peter. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Technical Artefacts: Creations of Mind and Matter |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | A Philosophy of Engineering Design / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Peter Kroes. |
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| -- | Dordrecht : |
| -- | Springer Netherlands : |
| -- | Imprint: Springer, |
| -- | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | X, 205 p. 18 illus. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, |
| International Standard Serial Number | 1879-7202 ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 6 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Technical artefacts.- 2. Theories of technical functions.- 3. Proper functions and technical artefact kinds.- 4. Engineering design.- 5. The moral significance of technical artefacts -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. . |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book presents an attempt to understand the nature of technical artefacts and the way they come into being. Its primary focus is the kind of technical artefacts designed and produced by modern engineering. In spite of their pervasive influence on human thinking and doing, and therefore on the modern human condition, a philosophical analysis of technical artefacts and engineering design is lacking. Among the questions addressed are: How do technical artefacts fit into the furniture of the universe? In what sense are they different from objects from the natural world, or from the social world? What kind of activity is engineering design and what does it mean to say that technical artefacts are the embodiment of a design? Does it make sense to consider technical artefacts to be morally good or bad by themselves because of the way they influence human life? The book advances the thesis that technical artefacts, conceived of as physical constructions with a technical function, have a dual nature; they are hybrid objects combining physical and intentional features. It proposes a theory of technical functions and technical artefact kinds that does justice to this dual nature, analyses engineering design from the dual nature point of view, and argues that technical artefacts, because of their dual nature, have inherent moral significance. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy (General). |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Technology |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Engineering design. |
| 650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy of Technology. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Engineering Design. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Title | Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789400739390 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, |
| -- | 1879-7202 ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 6 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3940-6 |
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