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A Wittgenstein Approach to the Learning of OO-Modeling
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Holmboe, Christian – Computer Science Education, 2004
The paper uses Ludwig Wittgenstein's theories about the relationship between thought, language, and objects of the world to explore the assumption that OO-thinking resembles natural thinking. The paper imports from research in linguistic philosophy to computer science education research. I show how UML class diagrams (i.e., an artificial…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Philosophy, Linguistics, Programming Languages