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A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE CHARACTER OF MATERIAL ARTIFACTS

CHAKRABARTY, MANJARI (2014) A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE CHARACTER OF MATERIAL ARTIFACTS. PHILOSOPHIA SCIENTIAE, 18 (3). pp. 153-166. ISSN 12812463, 17754283

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Abstract

This paper aims to display the versatility of Karl Popper's thesis of three worlds in the analysis of issues related to the ontological status and character of material artifacts. Despite being discussed over years and hit with numerous criticisms it was hardly ever noticed that Popper's thesis
provides excellent insights into the philosophical account of artifacts. There are two sections in this paper. The first section presents a critical exposition of Popper's account of reality and (partial) autonomy of artifacts. The second section consists of two arguments. The first argument focuses on the composition and characteristics of material artifacts and the second one emphasizes their creative and epistemic aspects.


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CHAKRABARTY, MANJARImanjari.chakraborty@visva-bharati.ac.in0000-0003-4060-6659
Keywords: Karl Popper; artifacts; metaphysics; hypothesis of three worlds.
Depositing User: Dr. MANJARI CHAKRABARTY
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2023 12:58
Last Modified: 07 Aug 2023 12:58
Item ID: 22371
Journal or Publication Title: PHILOSOPHIA SCIENTIAE
Publisher: LABORATOIRE d'HISTOIRE des SCIENCES et de PHILOSOPHIE, ARCHIVES HENRI-POINCARE, CNRS INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (UNIVERSITY OF LORRAINE)
Date: 2014
Page Range: pp. 153-166
Volume: 18
Number: 3
ISSN: 12812463, 17754283
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22371

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