The nature of technological knowledge: Extending empirically informed studies into what engineers know

Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 117-130

  De Vries, Marc J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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