Concept Formation in Scientific Knowledge Discovery from a Constructivist View

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  • Wei Peng
  • John S. Gero
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This chapter argues that the computer-aided scientific knowledge discovery tool should facilitate scientific knowledge development through assisting scientists to build first-person knowledge and thirdperson knowledge. The chapter reviews cognitive theories of human knowledge construction and presents a hydrological modelling scenario as an exemplar of these concepts. A number of challenges for designing such a system have been discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 2010