Author: Collins, Harry & Kusch, Martin
Title: The Shape of Actions: What Humans and Machines Can Do
Description: Cambridge [MA], MIT Press, (1998). orig. cloth. 23x15cm, xii,212 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Humans and Machines; Methods and Principles; Morphicity: What the Action Is; A Theory of Interaction; Morphicity and Human Competence; Writing; Machine Behavior and Human Action; Organizations and Machines; The Automation of Air Pumps; Conclusion: Dichotomies and History.

Keywords: Sociology of Science, Automation, Human-Machine, Systems, Social Theory, , , ,