Artefact kinds : ontology and the human-made world / Maarten Franssen ... [and others], editors.

Format:

Book

Series:

Synthese library ; 0082-1128 v. 365.

Synthese library, 0082-1128 ; v. 365

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

vi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction : the ontology of technical artefacts / Maarten Franssen, Peter Kroes, Thomas A. C. Reydon and Pieter E. Vermaas

Artefact kinds and metaphysics

How real are artefacts and artefact kinds? / E. J. Lowe

Artifacts and mind-independence / Crawford L. Elder

Public artifacts, intentions, and norms / Amie L. Thomasson

Artefact kinds, ontological criteria and forms of mind-dependence / Maarten Franssen and Peter Kroes

Artifact kinds, identity criteria and logical adequacy / Massimiliano Carrara, Silvia Gaio and Marzia Soavi

Artefact kinds and new perspectives

Creating artifactual kinds / Jesús Vega-Encabo and Diego Lawler

Metaphysical and epistemological approaches to developing a theory of artifact kinds / Thomas A. C. Reydon

Ethnotechnology : a manifesto / Beth Preston

Artefact kinds and engineering practice

On what is made : instruments, products and natural kinds of artefacts / Wybo Houkes and Pieter E. Vermaas

Artefactual systems, missing components and replaceability / Nicola Guarino

Engineering differences between natural, social and artificial kinds / Eric T. Kerr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319008004

3319008005

OCLC:

863141937