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Auteur(s) : Preston, Beth (19..-.... ; professeur de philosophie)
Titre(s) : A philosophy of material culture [Texte imprimé] : action, function, and mind / by Beth Preston
Publication : New York : Routledge, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 251 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 48
Lien à la collection : Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy
Comprend : Part 1: Action in Material Culture. The Centralized Control Model ; Taking Improvisation
Seriously ; Coming to Terms with Collaboration ; How to Improvise. ; Part 2: Function
in Material Culture. Proper Function and System Function ; The Use and Abuse of Intention
; Reproduction and Innovation. ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index
"This book focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes
the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and
difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them,
most notably an account of improvised action and a non-intentionalist account of function
in material culture. Preston argues that material culture essentially involves activities
of production and use; she therefore adopts an action-theoretic foundation for a philosophy
of material culture. Part 1 illustrates this foundation through a critique, revision,
and extension of existing philosophical theories of action. Part 2 investigates a
salient feature of material culture itself--its functionality. A basic account of
function in material culture is constructed by revising and extending existing theories
of biological function to fit the cultural case. Here the adjustments are for the
most part necessitated by special features of function in material culture. These
two parts of the project are held together by a trio of overarching themes: the relationship
between individual and society, the problem of centralized control, and creativity."--Publisher's
website
Sujet(s) : Culture matérielle
Fonctionnalisme (philosophie)
Philosophie de l'action
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780415623087 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0415623081 (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780203069844
(alk. paper). - ISBN 0203069846 (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435496890
Notice n° :
FRBNF43549689
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