The Library
Intuition in software development revisited
Tools
Tools
Tools
Beynon, Meurig, Boyatt, Russell and Chan, Zhan En (2008) Intuition in software development revisited. In: 20th Annual Psychology of Programming Interest Group Conference, Lancaster, UK, 18-20 Sep 2008 (Unpublished)
|
PDF
WRAP_Beynon_105.pdf - Published Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (236Kb) | Preview |
Abstract
The role of intuition in software development was discussed in a most original fashion by Peter Naur in 1984. Yet there has been little subsequent interest in elaborating on Naur's ideas. In seeking to explain this neglect, we argue that the accepted views of software development, both within the formal and pragmatic traditions, are deeply influenced by a conceptual framework inherited from computer science and that, within this framework, making sense of the relation between intuition and software development is inherently difficult. In much more recent publications, Naur himself has related his thinking about software development to the philosophical outlook of William James. We discuss the current status and potential implications of Naur's original reflections on the role of intuition with reference to trends in thinking about software development since 1984, and to an alternative conceptual framework for computing, afforded by Empirical Modelling, that can be directly related to a Jamesian philosophical stance.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Computer software -- Development, Computer science -- Philosophy, Intuition | ||||
| Official Date: | September 2008 | ||||
| Dates: |
|
||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
| Title of Event: | 20th Annual Psychology of Programming Interest Group Conference | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Lancaster, UK | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 18-20 Sep 2008 | ||||
| Related URLs: |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
