Peter Kroes

Biographic Data

ID460935
NAMEPeter Kroes
GIVEN NAMESPeter
FAMILY NAMEKroes
SIGNATUREKROES P
AFFILIATIONSDelft University of Technology
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS25
WORKS AS AUTHOR18
WORKS AS EDITOR2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • Section 4. Post-Durbin

    Peter Kroes, Diane P Michelfelder et al.ARTICLETechné Research in Philosophy and…2020

  • Critical thinking and liberal studies in engineering

    Peter KroesARTICLEEngineering Studies2015Cited by: 1

    Any attempt at designing a liberal studies in engineering (LSE) program presupposes some idea of its ultimate goals. Bucciarelli and Drew are well aware of this and in line with engineering thinkin

  • Artefact Kinds

    Open AccessMaarten Franssen, Peter Kroes et al.EDITORBOOKArtefact Kinds2014

  • The Conceptual Elusiveness of Engineering Functions

    Open AccessPieter E Vermaas, Dingmar Van Eck et al.ARTICLEPhilosophy & Technology2013

  • A Philosophy of Technology

    Ibo Van De Poel, Maarten Franssen et al.BOOKA Philosophy of Technology2011

    " ... technology is analysed from a series of different perspectives. The analysis starts by focussing on the most tangible products of technology, called technical artefacts, and then builds step-wise towards considering those artefacts within their context of use, and ultimately as embedded in encompassing sociotechnical systems that also include humans as operators and social rules like legislation. Philosophical characterisations are given of…

  • A Philosophy of Technology

    Open AccessPieter E Vermaas, Pieter Vermaas et al.BOOKA Philosophy of Technology2011

  • Dual-Nature and collectivist frameworks for technical artefacts

    Open AccessWybo Houkes, Peter Kroes et al.ARTICLEStudies in History and Philosophy…2011Cited by: 1References: 13

  • Technical Artefacts

    Open AccessPieter E Vermaas, Pieter Vermaas et al.BOOKA Philosophy of Technology2011

  • Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds

    Paul Sheldon Davies, Peter Kroes et al.BOOKFunctions in Biological and…2009

  • Technical Artifacts, Engineering Practice, and Emergence

    Peter KroesCHAPTERFunctions in Biological and…2009

  • Technical Artifacts, Engineering Practice, and Emergence

    Peter KroesCHAPTERFunctions in biological and…2009

    This chapter is concerned with the topic of emergent properties of technical artifacts. It suggests that three issues related to the occurrence of emergent features in technical systems are particularly important in engineering practice: emergent causal powers, the tension between emergent features and functional decomposition, and the unexpectedness and/or unpredictability of emergent features. It analyzes the possible effect of weak and strong …

  • Functions in biological and artificial worlds

    Ulrich Krohs, Peter KroesEDITORBOOKFunctions in biological and…2009

  • Philosophy and Design

    Open AccessPeter Kroes, Pieter E Vermaas et al.BOOKPhilosophy and design2008

  • Technical Artefacts as Physical and Social Constructions

    Hugo Priemus, Peter KroesARTICLEHousing Studies2008References: 7

    Technological artefacts are physical/material as well as social constructions. Both the function and meaning of technical artefacts are mainly socially constructed. Usually the function of a technical artefact is taken to determine its use, but in particular in housing a close interrelation between use and meaning is also observed. The use and the meaning, as intended by technicians and architects, may differ from the use and the meaning of housi…

  • A Semantics for Means-end Relations

    Open AccessJesse Hughes, Peter Kroes et al.ARTICLESynthese2007Cited by: 1References: 16

  • The dual nature of technical artefacts

    Open AccessPeter Kroes, Anthonie MeijersARTICLEStudies in History and Philosophy…2006Cited by: 16References: 3

  • Coherence of structural and functional descriptions of technical artefacts

    Open AccessPeter KroesARTICLEStudies in History and Philosophy…2006Cited by: 4References: 10

  • Technological Development and Science in the Industrial Age

    Eric Robinson, Peter Kroes et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1994

  • Structural Analogies Between Physical Systems

    Peter KroesARTICLEThe British Journal for the…1989References: 2

    Structural analogies between physical laws have received considerable attention from philosospheres of science. This paper, however, focusses on structural analogies between physical systems; this type of analogy plays an important role in the physical and technological sciences. A formal, set-theoretic description of structural analogies between physical systems is presented, and it is shown that a structural analogy between systems does not req…

  • Objective versus minddependent theories of time flow

    Open AccessPeter KroesARTICLESynthese1984Cited by: 2References: 6