Design of Design - Chapter 8

Brooks opens this chapter by distinguishing two different groups: rationalists and empiricists. He states that rationalists believe that a complex object can be designed by thought alone, but empiricists believe the exact opposite. He states that rationalists would say that you should design software to be correct, and then prove that it's correct. Brooks ends this short chapter by answering a question he posed at the beginning of the chapter. He says that you can't design a complex object just by thinking hard about it, but it does help.