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70 Pieter E. Vermaas relative to context, and then construct a theory by which technical functions are also rela- tions that art ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 71 Taking technical function as partly subjective does not seem to be p ...
72 Pieter E. Vermaas respectively; the examples of ontologically subjective and objective entities are “pains” and “mountains,” ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 73 subjective distinction, in ontological theories one focuses on funct ...
74 Pieter E. Vermaas a can on the basis of the ontological theory justifi ably ascribe φ as a function that x has relative to it ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 75 5.4 Constructing Ontological Function Theories In Cummins’s theory, ...
76 Pieter E. Vermaas defi nition it need not be true that x actually contributes in this way to s’s capacity. Yet it should be t ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 77 form Tep by choosing c, E, R 1 (xφc), and R 2 (xφc) appropriately, t ...
78 Pieter E. Vermaas one is still not committed to accepting Tont; there may be ontological theories different from Tont that ar ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 79 C. the agent a can justify these two beliefs on the basis of A; and ...
80 Pieter E. Vermaas The judgment whether the identifi ed requirement R 2 (xφc) holds does not depend on the attitudes, feelings ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 81 Cummins’s theory cannot accommodate malfunctioning for this reason, ...
82 Pieter E. Vermaas Second, in the case that an artifact is in a state in which it has the capacity to φ corre- sponding to its ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 83 subjective. Adopting Searle’s theory is one way of doing that. I now ...
84 Pieter E. Vermaas accounted for in current theories of biological functions—etiological theories, in particular. Its disadvan ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 85 if this execution of p leads successfully to its goals, this succes ...
86 Pieter E. Vermaas artifact is taken as malfunctioning if it is in a state in which it has the capacity to φ, is not capable o ...
On Unifi cation: Taking Technical Functions as Objective 87 Neander, K. (1991). The teleological notion of “function.” Australas ...
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III FUNCTIONS AND NORMATIVITY If an entity has or is ascribed a function, then—whatever kind of entity it belongs to—it may be s ...
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