Dual-Nature and collectivist frameworks for technical artefacts: A constructive comparison

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 198-205

  Houkes, Wybo ^a   Kroes, Peter ^b   Meijers, Anthonie ^a   Vermaas, Pieter E ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artefact use; Collectivist framework; Dual Nature framework; Technical artefact

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951510931     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2010.11.002     Document Type: Note

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