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Implicit knowledge in engineering judgment and scientific reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Michael E. Gorman
Affiliation:
Department of Technology, Culture, Communications and Systems Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 meg3c@virginia.edu repo-nt.tecc.virginia.edu

Abstract

Dienes & Perner's theoretical framework should be applicable to two related areas: technological innovation and the psychology of scientific reasoning. For the former, this commentary focuses on the example of nuclear weapon design, and on the decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger. For the latter, this commentary focuses on Klayman and Ha's positive test heuristic and the invention of the telephone.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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