, “The purpose of the screwdriver is to drive screws”—as though this were an explicit property of the screwdriver itself, rather than a property of the designer’s state of mind.
This reminds me of the “affordance theory” . An object can afford to do varies of activities that its designer did not design it to do. Like screwdriver can afford to be used as a kitchen tool to open coconuts.
This reminds me of the “affordance theory” . An object can afford to do varies of activities that its designer did not design it to do. Like screwdriver can afford to be used as a kitchen tool to open coconuts.