Dear Kari-Hans,
Maybe there is only one general verb in English = to do
Maybe there is only one general noun in English = a thing
If we put the two together we get = a done thing
This sounds like the start of the noun you are looking for.
The Design of something might then be seen as = the done thing of a done thing.
Except this would allow for the outputs as well as the inputs so we might need = the pre-done thing of a done thing.
Which also allows for outputs but such outputs would be conditioned by the prior aspects of the pre-done and hence a primary level of intention would be implied (the machine intends to make screw because it was intended to make screws - there is a trail back to a design).
Of course we now have the problems of seeds and trees and then on to God.
If we allow that there might be an originary moment of design when someone first became conscious that planting the seeds on one plant rather than another led to a significantly different outcome, then we can allow that the concept of a designed world is the origin of design and not the other way around. Design only become design when we are aware of the possibility of producing and re-producing difference.
It is not tragedy unless the hero knowingly acts to bring about the tragic fate.
cheers
keith
>>> Kommonen Kari-Hans <[log in to unmask]> 04/04/13 8:18 AM >>>
Dear all,
Do you have some favourite definition or characterization? I have not yet found one that would be able to explain what "a design" is in a way that would be universal enough. So the real issue is probably: is there such a universal idea, or is "a design" some kind of a fuzzy, context dependent idea that often, at the fringes, needs a custom explanation?
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