Dear Ken,
Many thanks for the critique of the article - it helps.
The GRAB line I take (with my dirty hands) from the article is:
³Philosophy is a mangle².
If I was the editor of the paper, I would have asked them to re-write
their piece with this as the central metaphor/concept.
That way we might have got some philosophy from them to help illuminate
the history.
Mangling is a noble art, not unlike the wrangling we have touched on
before on this list.
My mother had a mangle that I used as soon as I was strong enough. It
taught me much. (My starting line)
Cheers
keith
On 19/01/2016, 5:52 AM, "PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD
studies and related research in Design on behalf of Ken Friedman"
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>Dear Harold,
>
>Thanks for the post you sent to the PhD-Lesign List. I read the article
>by Robert Frodeman and Adam Briggle titled ³When Philosophy Lost Its Way²
>in the New York Times column, The Stone. Those who have not read it will
>find it at URL:
>
>http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/when-philosophy-lost-its-w
>ay/
>
>When I read this article, I didn¹t think of it with respect to design. I
>was thinking in terms of philosophy and the life of the mind in cultural
>context. That is, I was thinking of philosophy more or less as Frodeman
>and Briggle raised the question.
>
>It is hard to say whether the issues that apply to philosophy apply to
>design. I suspect you may be right, and I think that some of these issues
>do apply to design. The degree to which they apply raises questions on
>issues that have long interested many of us. I hope to respond later on
>the question of design in the university.
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