书目名称 | Contributions to a Philosophy of Technology | 副标题 | Studies in the Struc | 编辑 | Friedrich Rapp | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Theory and Decision Library | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | The highly sophisticated techniques of modern engineering are normally conceived of in practical terms. Corresponding to the instrumental function of technology, they are designed to direct the forces of nature according to human purposes. Yet, as soon as the realm of mere skills is exceeded, the intended useful results can only be achieved through planned and preconceived action processes involving the deliberately considered application of well designed tools and devices. This is to say that in all complex cases theoretical reasoning becomes an indispensable means to accomplish the pragmatic technological aims. Hence the abstracting from the actual concrete function of technology opens the way to concentrate attention on the general conceptual framework involved. If this approach is adopted the relevant knowledge and the procedures applied clearly exhibit a logic of their own. This point of view leads to a methodological and even an epistemological analysis of the theoretical structure and the specific methods of procedure characteristic of modern technology. Investigations of this kind, that can be described as belonging to an ana lytical philosophy of technology, form the topi | 出版日期 | Book 1974 | 关键词 | Philosophie; design; philosophy of technology; planning; systems engineering | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2182-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-94-010-2184-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-94-010-2182-1 | copyright | D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1974 |
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