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This study Is of a sort which ia rarely undertaken in the field of engineering.It deals with the v e r y foun dations of engineering thought and the philosopia.Ical bases for engineering practice.As such it is n o t tb.e kind of effort which the practicing engineer f i n d s tlie time or interest to undertake.Nor do any of i t s con clusions appear to require changes in the t h e o r y or technique of present day engineering work.Rattier it is an attempt to construct an academic foundation upon which the scope and competence of engineering t e c h n i q u e may he built and extended.It has led the writ o r into many diverse fields, such as Philosophy, Mathematical Statistics, and Economics, in which he can c l a i m no special competence.The problems discussed a r e almost without exception interdisciplinary in nature, a n d it Is hoped that the violence done in discussing tiiem h a s not been unnecessarily severe*
Beer et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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