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With our use-plan approach to artefact using and designing, and with the review of existing function theories, we have collected the means to formulate a function theory that is adequate to the technical domain. This theory is constructed against the background of, specifically, our use-plan analysis of designing, and incorporates elements from the intentional, causal-role and evolutionist function theories. For this reason, we call this central result of our work the ICE-function theory.
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Houkes, W., Vermaas, P.E. (2010). The ICE-function theory. In: Technical Functions. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3900-2_4
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