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WN Houkes

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On what is made: instruments, products and natural kinds of artefacts
Book chapter - WN Houkes, P.E. Vermaas

Functions as epistemic highlighters: an engineering account of technical, biological and other functions
Book chapter - P.E. Vermaas, WN Houkes

De ingenieur weet raad
Book chapter - WN Houkes

Normativity in Quine's naturalism: the technology of truth-seeking?
Journal article - WN Houkes

Authors' response
Journal article - WN Houkes, P.E. Vermaas

The ontology of artefacts: the hard problem
Journal article - WN Houkes, A.W.M. Meijers

Knowledge of artefact functions
Journal article - WN Houkes

Technical functions: on the use and design of artefacts

Planning behavior: technical design as design of use plans
Book chapter - WN Houkes, P.E. Vermaas

Actions versus functions: a plea for an alternative metaphysics of artifacts
Journal article - WN Houkes, P.E. Vermaas

Artefacts in analytic metaphysics: introduction
Journal article - WN Houkes, P.E. Vermaas

Developing plans of use: an alternative analysis of engineering designing
Conference paper - P.E. Vermaas, WN Houkes

Kernthema's in de technische wetenschap

A philosophy of technology: from technical artefacts to sociotechnical systems

A philosophical analysis of designing: results from the Delft Dual Nature of Technical Artifacts program
Conference paper - P.E. Vermaas, WN Houkes, GJ de Ridder

Het oneigenlijke gebruik van artefacten
Journal article - WN Houkes

Théories des fonctions techniques: combinaisons sophistiquées de trois archétypes
Book chapter - WN Houkes, P.E. Vermaas

Designing is the construction of use plans
Book chapter - WN Houkes

Technical functions: a drawbridge between the intentional and structural natures of technical artefacts
Journal article - P.E. Vermaas, WN Houkes

Dual-nature and collectivist frameworks for technical artefacts: a constructive comparison