The physical connection: Engineering function ascriptions to technical artefacts and their components

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-75

  Vermaas, Pieter E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action theory; Components; Engineering; Function theory; Physics and chemistry; Technical artefacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444447653     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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