Una visión naturalista de la ontología de las entidades técnicas

Ana Cuevas Badallo

doi:10.25185/10.6

Authors

Ana Cuevas Badallo Universidad de Salamanca, España https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8080-4233

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25185/10.6

Keywords:

Technical artifacts, Naturalism, Niche construction, Artificial vs. natural

Abstract

This article suggests a review of the notion of technical artifact in light of a naturalistic understanding in a broad sense. I analyze whether the characterizations on technical artifacts proposed so far from the philosophy of technology can be extended to also include the technical creations of other organisms. This will be done taking into account the theories of «niche construction» and of «organisms as ecosystem engineers». This allows us to understand human technical creations within what human beings do naturally and in gradual continuity with what other species do.

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