@inbook{8fb9eb236cd84c739e5196fb79b07f0b,
title = "Engineering science as a {"}Discipline of the particular{"}? : types of generalization in engineering sciences",
abstract = "Literature suggests that in engineering sciences the possibilities to generalize knowledge are more limited than in natural sciences. This is related to the action-oriented nature of engineering sciences and to the role of values. I will discuss the contributions of abstraction and idealization to generalization and then describe four case studies in engineering sciences to illustrate that different types of generalization can be distinguished. I will then analyze the nature of these types of generalization.",
author = "{Vries, de}, M.J.",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-90-481-2804-4_8",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-481-2803-7",
series = "Philosophy of engineering and technology",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "83--93",
editor = "{Poel, van de}, I. and D.E. Goldberg",
booktitle = "Philosophy and engineering : an emerging agenda",
address = "Germany",
}