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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.
- Autor/a Beth Preston
- ISBN13 9781138210226
- ISBN10 1138210226
- Pàgines 252
- Any Edició 2016
- Fecha de publicación 27/07/2016
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A Philosophy of Material Culture Action, Function, and Mind
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- Beth Preston
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- ROUTLEDGE (2016)
- 9781138210226



