02465oam 2200625I 450 991046267430332120200520144314.01-283-97260-30-203-06984-61-135-08871-310.4324/9780203069844 (CKB)2670000000325553(EBL)1114647(OCoLC)827208983(SSID)ssj0000822351(PQKBManifestationID)12308614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822351(PQKBWorkID)10755317(PQKB)11779968(OCoLC)826685134(MiAaPQ)EBC1114647(Au-PeEL)EBL1114647(CaPaEBR)ebr10650309(CaONFJC)MIL428510(EXLCZ)99267000000032555320180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA philosophy of material culture action, function, and mind /Beth Preston1st ed.New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (257 p.)Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ;48Description based upon print version of record.1-138-21022-6 0-415-62308-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Action -- pt. II. Function.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 critRoutledge Studies in Contemporary PhilosophyMaterial culturePhilosophyElectronic books.Material culturePhilosophy.306.4/6Preston Beth.942997MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462674303321A philosophy of material culture2127961UNINA