Publication
CHI 1990
Conference paper
Infinite detail and emulation in an ontologically minimized HCI
Abstract
By default, we attempt to define practical areas of technological endeavor as "applications." For example, the applied psychology of human-computer interaction has characteristically been defined in terms of the methods and concepts basic psychology can provide. This has not worked well. An alternative approach is to begin from a characterization of current practice, to take seriously the requirements of the domain of endeavor, and to define areas of "science" and "application" as possible and appropriate in that context.