One of the challenges in the emergent field of philosophy of engineering is to understand its position relative to philosophy of science. The call for a rigorous experimental methodology that has affected several fields in engineering should not make us equate good experimentation with traditional scientific experimentation. We have reason to believe that the primary role of artifacts and the human factor introduced by their designers affect the nature of experiments in engineering research and differentiate them from the traditional scientific method. We carry out our analysis with a specific focus on Software Engineering, a field in which the level of attention for scientific rigour in experiments has become very high in recent years.
(2018). What Do Bridges and Software Tell Us about the Philosophy of Engineering? . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/127376
Titolo: | What Do Bridges and Software Tell Us about the Philosophy of Engineering? | |
Tutti gli autori: | Schiaffonati, Viola; Verdicchio, Mario | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2018 | |
Abstract (eng): | One of the challenges in the emergent field of philosophy of engineering is to understand its position relative to philosophy of science. The call for a rigorous experimental methodology that has affected several fields in engineering should not make us equate good experimentation with traditional scientific experimentation. We have reason to believe that the primary role of artifacts and the human factor introduced by their designers affect the nature of experiments in engineering research and differentiate them from the traditional scientific method. We carry out our analysis with a specific focus on Software Engineering, a field in which the level of attention for scientific rigour in experiments has become very high in recent years. | |
Nelle collezioni: | 1.2.01 Contributi in volume (Capitoli o Saggi) - Book Chapters/Essays |
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Schiaffonati Verdicchio chapter for Philosophy of Engineering - East and West.pdf | postprint - versione referata/accettata senza referaggio | Licenza default Aisberg | Testo non consultabile |