TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verbeek,Peter-Paul
TI  - What things do: Philosophical reflections on technology, agency, and design
SN  - 0271025395
AV  - T14 .V48 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - University Park, Pa.
PB  - Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Technology
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index; Technology and the self --; The thing about technology --; Postphenomenology --; A material hermeneutic --; The acts of artifacts --; Devices and the good life --; Artifacts in design
N2  - Focuses on how technologies mediate our actions and our world perceptions. Peter-Paul Verbeek examines the philosophy of technology formulated by Jaspers and Heidegger, and extends the work of more recent philosophers of technology. He shows how his "postphenomenological" approach applies to the technological practice of industrial designers
ER  -