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Machines
Information
Energy
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This paper discusses Simondon's philosophical theory of machines, emphasizing the methodological aspect that consists of taking as input the study of machines as historical products of human industry, although not limited to that characterization, based on the MEOT and the 1968 course “L'invention et le développement des techniques”. On the other hand, the papers stresses the ontological aspect according to which a machine is a mode of existence in which information and energy are differentiated, and, yet, sometimes articulated. The paper claims Simondon does not approach energy and information on the machines as two abstract, idealized entities, only capable of being studied from the formal sciences, but rather as the result of the assembly of technical organs and channels. Finally, it reconstructs the taxonomy and hierarchy of machines elaborated by Simondon. This provides a privileged example of the convergence between the studies of historical machines under the light of the information-energy relation.
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