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I believe that practice can be clarified with just as much exactness as theory; indeed, I would go further and say that the study of design methodology will significantly improve practice — and one ought to recall that doing science, even theoretical science, is a practical activity which we must do by design. With this in mind, I turn first to the definition of the term ‘methodology.’
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Gasparski, W. (1989). Design Methodology: A Personal Statement. In: Durbin, P.T. (eds) Philosophy of Technology. Philosophy and Technology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2303-4_9
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