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Most of us have an intuitive understanding of the ontology of artifacts – we have a grasp of what an artifact is. An archetypal technical artifact consists of some tangible physical stuff that someone has modified to make it useful for some practical purpose – such as when wood and metal are treated and shaped to make a hoe, or when a piece of plastic is molded to make a canoe. I believe that this intuitive understanding is neatly captured by the following definition of (technical) artifacts proposed by Peter Kroes and Anthonie Meijers: They are “(i) designed physical structures, which realize (ii) functions, which refer to human intentionality” (Kroes and Meijers 2006, p. 2).

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Constituent Part; Environmental Ethic; Intuitive Understanding; Natural Risk; Spider Silk

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Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
2013, volym: 9, nummer: 9, sidor: 207-221
Titel: Norms in Technology
Utgivare: Springer Nature

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Publikationens identifierare

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5243-6_13
  • ISBN: 978-94-007-5242-9
  • eISBN: 9789400752429

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/132155