Theories of Technical Functions: Function Ascriptions Versus Function Assignments, Part 1

Peter Kroes is professor in Philosophy, in particular Philosophy of Technology at the section of Philosophy, Department of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He has an engineering degree in physics (1974) and wrote a PhD thesis on the notion of time in physical theories (University of Nijmegen, 1982). His current research interests are the nature of technical artefacts and of socio-technical systems, means-ends reasoning and the nature of technological knowledge.