Dear Jerry
Last month I noticed and annotated your Essay.
But I think the best of developments on the origins (i.e. 'need', instead
of 'desire') of human knowledge (and Design thinking) will be found in
James K. Feibleman's "Mankind behaving: human needs and material culture",
Thomas 1963.
Francois
Montreal
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Jerry Diethelm <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Hi Terry and all,
>
> Re:
> >
> > Looking at the diagram, I'm interested in your explanation of the
> origins and
> > mechanisms of 'desire to know' in your diagram? What is it? How is it
> > operationalised? What are its foundations? Where does it come from? Etc.
>
> I've tried to answer this at least speculatively in the essay I posted last
> month, which probably dropped into the middle of everyone's vacation. It's
> called "An Essay on Meaning in Design Thinking" and is posted at:
>
>
> http://uoregon.academia.edu/JerryDiethelm/Papers/1781126/An_Essay_on_Meaning
> _in_Design_Thinking
>
> And on my web site at:
>
> http://pages.uoregon.edu/diethelm/EssayOnMeaninginDesignThinking.pdf
>
> The short answer is that I think it has to do with the early advantage of
> being able to draw on accumulated knowledge in survival situations. The
> cultural making path has its origins in actions for survival and then
> evolves to emphasize life support and life enhancement actions, policies
> and
> products as external threats to culture making diminish.
> >
> > What are the symmetric opposites of the factors at v1, v2, and v3? You
> have
> > 'desire to know' as a driver (with no output on the diagram) and outputs
> at v2
> > and v3 without any indicative driver. The diagram appears incomplete?
>
> I view all the Vs in process terms as valuing. As needing, wanting,
> desiring...things. The dots along the horizontal line are all cultural
> products (things), but there is an intended distinction between the
> knowledge-making path and the culture making path. I conceive it as the
> mind organizing itself toward separate ends that intertwine and necessarily
> co-exist.
> >
> > The factor 'Desire to know' is of a different ontological category to
> all
> > other items on your diagram - which should rings some bells concerning
> the
> > coherence and validity of the representation the diagram attempts.
> >
> > Wondering what a more complete diagram would look like?
>
> Thanks for helping me continue to think about this.
>
> Best,
>
> Jerry
>
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