Structure and coherence of two-model-descriptions of technical artefacts

Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-161

  Krohs, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Function; Theory element; Theory structure; Transistor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874301505     PISSN: 01617249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/techne200913213     Document Type: Article

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