Dear Terry
I think from a design perspective the concept of intention has not
lost its value and the surface of understanding has been barely
scratched from that tradition of inquiry. There is value in looking
at different situations of application of concepts certainly. But I
also believe that life is experienced more analogue than analytic.
Some qualities are emergent and disappear under dissection. Some
things are too complex to be fully revealed by one perspective. The
same thing can have different names in different settings but that is
not always the same as being seen from different perspectives. There
are examples of specialized terms with common foundations in
engineering for example. The concept of force has many different
instrumental identities depending on which specialized branch of
engineering it resides in. The fundamental nature of force however is
not revealed in any single application.
Harold
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