Technical functions [electronic resource] : on the use and design of artefacts / Wybo Houkes, Pieter E. Vermaas.

This first book-length study in the philosophy of technical artefacts and their technical functions presents a new action-theoretical account of using and designing called the ICE theory. This theory connects the material side of technical artefacts with the aims of everyday users and the tasks of e...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Houkes, Wybo
Other Authors:	Vermaas, Pieter E.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Series:	Philosophy of engineering and technology ; v. 1.
Subjects:	Technology > Philosophy. Engineering > Philosophy.