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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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Other Authors: Franssen, Maarten. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kroes, Peter. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Reydon, Thomas A.C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Vermaas, Pieter E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 365
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Engineering design.
Philosophy of Technology.
Engineering Design.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00801-1
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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