Alcances y algunas críticas al programa naturaleza dual de los artefactos técnicos - DNTA

Abstract

This article is part of the results of the investigation The Dual Nature of Technical Artifacts from the INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO METROPOLITANO. The program The Dual Nature of Technical Artifacts-DNTA notes that technical artifacts have a dual nature. On the one hand, they are immersed in the physical world, made of material that acts under causal laws. On the other hand, they are designed by agents for a purpose and functions which fail to satisfy a need or desire. This program is suggestive and interesting, but seems to have a ballast of atomism. It says that nothing can be without human a artifact, therefore, they cannot exist as isolated artifacts are creation ́s designed networks. It attempts to show that this program should include the bonds of the complex social and technical network in which humans live.

Keywords

• DNTA program
• technology philosophy
• artifacts philosophy
• artifact nets