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Technical Artefacts: Creations of Mind and Matter - A Philosophy of Engineering Design (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
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Technical Artefacts: Creations of Mind and Matter - A Philosophy of Engineering Design (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 6
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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.
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