Journal of Philosophical Investigations
The Metaphysics of Artifacts: a critical rationalist approach
The Metaphysics of Artifacts: a critical rationalist approach

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دوره 17، شماره 42 ، خرداد 1402، ، صفحه 151-167

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.16581

چکیده
  Artifacts are ubiquitous and influential in our world, but their nature and existence are controversial. Several theories have been proposed to explain the ontology of artifacts. Drawing on Popper's theory of three worlds, this paper suggests a metaphysics for artifacts along the line of a critical rationalist (CR) approach. This theory distinguishes between ...  بیشتر