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UNINA9910462674303321 |
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Autore |
Preston Beth |
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Titolo |
A philosophy of material culture : action, function, and mind / / Beth Preston |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-97260-3 |
0-203-06984-6 |
1-135-08871-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; ; 48 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Material culture - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Action -- pt. II. Function. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 crit |
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