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 ====Ways to Generate Knowledge====
-|  |  Empirical  |  Mathematics  |  Philosophy  |
+|  |  **Empirical**  |  **Mathematical**  |  **Philosophical**  |
-|  Key Focus / Topic  | physical universe  | numbers, sizes, numeric relations  | anything and everything  |
+|  **Key Focus / Topic**  | physical universe  | numbers, sizes, numeric relations  | anything and everything  |
-|  Key Method of Investigation  | comparative experiment | logic, calculation, computation  | human reasoning and insight  |
+|  *Key Method of Investigation*  | comparative experiment | logic, calculation, computation  | human reasoning and insight  |
-|  Main Discourse Method  | journals, conferences, books  | journals, conferences, books  | journals, conferences, books  |
+|  *Main Discourse Method*  | journals, conferences, books  | journals, conferences, books  | journals, conferences, books  |
-|  Absolute Certainty  | attempted, not attainable in principle  | attainable  | not attempted, not attainable in principle  |
+|  *Absolute Certainty*  | attempted, not attainable in principle  | attainable  | not attempted, not attainable in principle  |
-|  Result Certainty  | attempted through quality experimental design and execution  | achieved through correct application of deduction on axioms   | not attempted  |
+|  *Result Certainty*  | attempted through quality experimental design and execution  | achieved through correct application of deduction on axioms   | not attempted  |
-|  Result Generality  | attempted through internal and external validity of experiments  | attained through proof  | attempted through human reasoning  |
+|  *Result Generality*  | attempted through internal and external validity of experiments  | attained through proof  | attempted through human reasoning  |
-|  Key Driving Force  | human creativity and ingenuity   | human creativity and ingenuity  | human creativity and ingenuity  |
+|  *Key Driving Force*  | human creativity and ingenuity   | human creativity and ingenuity  | human creativity and ingenuity  |
-|  Key Enabling Underlying Principle  | the world is logical   | the world is logical  | the world is logical  |
+|  *Key Enabling Underlying Principle*  | the world is logical   | the world is logical  | the world is logical  |
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+====Can One Method Support Another?====
+|  |  **Empirical**  |  **Mathematical**  |  **Philosophical**  |
+|  from **Empirical** to  |  -  |  **no** \\ mathematics cannot get support from empirical methods because the former is axiomatic (what experiment would support that 2+2=4?)  |  **yes** \\ empirical results can limit and focus philosophical investigations  |
+|  from **Mathematics** to  |  **yes** \\ via modeling  |  -  |  **yes** \\ mathematical arguments can limit and focus philosophical investigations  |
+|  from **Philosophy** to  |  **yes** \\ a fundamental function of philosophy is to inform and guide empirical investigation  |  **yes** \\ philosophy informs and guides mathematics  |  -  |
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+====Research in Computer Science====
+|  |  **UI / UX**  |  **Data Science**  |  **Info Networks**  |  **Simulation**  |
+|  **Example Researcher**  | Marta Lárusdóttir  | Markus Scheidl  | Magnús Már Halldórsson  | Joanna Bryson  |
+|  Example Focus  | relevance & effectiveness of methods  | predicting user preferences  | building better wireless networks  | understanding behavior of groups  |
+|  **Key Methodology Type**  | empirical  | empirical  | mathematical  | simulation  |
+|  **Key Investigation Methods**  | Observations \\ (e.g. think-aloud testing), \\ interviews, \\ questionnaires \\ and experiments    | massive data analysis, statistics  | network analysis, modeling  | modeling and simulation  |
+|  **Whose Behavior is Studied?**  | individuals, end-users  | individuals, end-users, groups  | algorithms, hardware  | groups, societies   |
+|  **Fields With Comparable Features**  | psychological research  | disaster management  | formal modeling and verification  | economics  |
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 ====The Nature of Theories====
 |  Where theories come from  | Scientific theories almost never "pop out" complete and finished. They get assembled piece by piece, until there are so few pieces left that someone figures out a full picture - a complete story to be told, explaining the phenomena at hand.  |