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Review of Mark Coeckelbergh (2017). Using Words and Things: Language and Philosophy of Technology.

New York: Routledge. 295 pp. ISBN 9781138694163 (Hardcover)

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Matthews, A. Review of Mark Coeckelbergh (2017). Using Words and Things: Language and Philosophy of Technology.. Postdigit Sci Educ 2, 478–483 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-019-00094-3

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