Re: What is analysis?
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:30:38 -0400
Message-ID: <47542f34$0$5284$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> I don't think of "formal" as a code word for "scientific". In fact, I
> don't even think "engineering" is code for "scientific". Science is about
> discovery. Engineering is about invention. There is a lot of overlap in the
> language, the tools, the method and the mode of thought. But they aren't
> interchageable.
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:30:38 -0400
Message-ID: <47542f34$0$5284$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
David Cressey wrote:
> "Jon Heggland" <jon.heggland_at_ntnu.no> wrote in message
> news:fj14mv$n05$1_at_orkan.itea.ntnu.no...
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>>Quoth David Cressey:
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>>>"Jon Heggland" <jon.heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no> wrote in message
>>>news:fj0fhm$ad9$1_at_orkan.itea.ntnu.no...
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>>>In the above terms, the opposite of analysis is synthesis. I like to
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>>>of the overall life cycle as consisting of "problem analysis and system >>>synthesis". >> >>Yes, I was thinking about analysis and synthesis when I spoke my piece. >> >> >>>>No. Nothing that covered analysis /thoroughly/, at least, and certainly >>>>not /formally/. I've learned a few diagramming notations in my time,
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>>>>I've never had analysis presented as a science as opposed to an art or >>>>craft. >>> >>>Maybe it is an art or craft rather than a science. Maybe presenting as
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>>>it were a science is missing the point. >> >>I was half hoping that you might know of any science in the area, since >>you used the term "formal analysis" earlier, and seemed surprised that >>there is confusion about what analysis is. Oh well. :)
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> I don't think of "formal" as a code word for "scientific". In fact, I
> don't even think "engineering" is code for "scientific". Science is about
> discovery. Engineering is about invention. There is a lot of overlap in the
> language, the tools, the method and the mode of thought. But they aren't
> interchageable.
Pure science is about discovery. Engineering is about applying science whether to invention, re-invention, patent subversion, measurement, design etc.
[snip] Received on Mon Dec 03 2007 - 17:30:38 CET