terry,
why do you try to resurrect the word problem when there are other less
restrictive concepts available?
defining design as problem solving activity preserves the subjugation of
design under unreflected institutional constraints -- typical of the
industrial era and mostly directing the attention of the problem solver to
technical solutions.
klaus
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reply to David Sless
Its much easier and appears to make better epistemological sense to define
'problem' in terms of human physiology.
At a surface level of theory making, 'problem' can be defined as something
that affects human pain and pleasure systems in ways that predispose to
produce a response.
Both lived experience and imagogenic representations (thoughts) of lived
experience can cause this effect.
A more sophisticated and causal definition of 'problem' involves describing
the detail of actions of individual body processes in the amygdala etc
The advantage of these two approaches is they avoid the spurious connection
between 'problem' and 'the objects that are conceived as part of problems'
(the same epistemological problematique as when 'creativity' or 'beauty' are
attributed to the properties of objects). It also avoids the drift into
specifying 'problem' as a concept in ideological or mentalist
epistemological frames.
Even better, it offers a great basis for defining the roles of 'problem' in
relation to a more coherent and causal explanation of designing, emoting,
feeling, creative thinking etc.
Best wishes,
Terry
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