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In contrast to natural processes, which are untouched by human intervention, all technological systems and processes are ‘artificially’ generated objects, or artifacts. This is why technological creations, in contrast with the first, autogenous nature, are frequently referred to as ‘second’ nature. Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to speak here in the strict and comprehensive sense of an anti-nature, or counter-nature.
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© 1981 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Rapp, F. (1981). The Technological World. In: Analytical Philosophy of Technology. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8412-7_5
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