Problem-Solving Technologies

Introduction

Part I: The General Categorisation of Technology



Artificial Categorisations



A User-Friendly Metaphysics



Problem Solving Technologies



The Conditions for the Possibility of Technologies

Part II: The Particular Categorisation of Technologies



A Taxonomy of Function Theories



Conservative Functions vs. Authentic Functions



A User-Friendly Theory of Function

Part III: Ontology



Existence of Artefacts



Reality of Technologies

Part IV: Activity Realism in Practice



On the Reality of Scientific Entities



The Human, the Technological, and the Limitations of Autonomous Systems

Bibliography

Index

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• Filosofia: metafísica e ontologia
• A filosofia analítica e positivismo lógico

analytic philosophy;applied ethics;artefacts;design;engineering;ethics of technology;material culture;metaphysics;Philosophy of technology