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The Moving Cause of Artefacts: the role of techne in metaphysical explanation
Ancient Philosophy Today 1 (1):64-83 (2019)
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The essence of artefacts is typically taken to be their function: they are defined in terms of the goals or aims of the artisans that make them. In this paper, an alternative theory is proposed tha...Author's Profile
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