@inbook{ef032313eb2c4faa8a17c37c42b0f595,
title = "Function theories",
abstract = "In the previous chapter we analysed the using and designing of artefacts in terms of the goals, beliefs and actions of the agents involved. In this chapter we switch to a perspective on artefact teleology that is more common in philosophy and engineering. This object-oriented perspective brings us to our central project of developing an adequate theory of technical functions.",
keywords = "Function Theory, Functional Description, Proper Function, Technical Domain, Technical Function",
author = "Wybo Houkes and Vermaas, \{Pieter E.\}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-90-481-3900-2\_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-481-3899-9",
series = "Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "45--76",
editor = "Wybo Houkes and P.E. Vermaas",
booktitle = "Technical Functions",
address = "Germany",
}