Cognitive engineering and the moral theology and witchcraft of cause

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-212

  Dekker, S W A ^a   Nyce, J M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blame; Cause; Cognitive engineering; Criminalization; Human error

Indexed keywords

BLAME; CAUSE; COGNITIVE ENGINEERING; CRIMINALIZATION; HUMAN ERRORS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84865411113     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0203-6     Document Type: Article

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