Two conceptions of technical malfunction

Theoria

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-138

  Jespersen, Bjørn ^a   Carrara, Massimiliano ^b  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

malfunction; philosophy of technology; privation; property modification; subsection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954618962     PISSN: 00405825     EISSN: 17552567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-2567.2010.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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