A Philosophy of Material Culture: Action, Function, and Mind

by Beth Preston

Book Overview

This book focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them, most notably an account of improvised action and a non-intentionalist account of function in material culture.

Preston argues that material culture essentially involves activities of production...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415623081
• ISBN13: 9780415623087
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"