On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Paul A. Rodgers wrote:
> ... ... That is, different EDC people working on
> different projects assign different meanings to the word "context" in their
> work.
If different people assign different meanings to a word, this is an
indication that they may be talking about different things. Why not
research what are the differences and if necessary, come with new terms.
Why should people try to refer to the whole world with one word only? Too
much flexibility and ambiguity may be an indication that it is time to
conceptualize the phenomena in new ways and coin to them new terms, or
classify them into other existing categories. This will make the
communication easier and will help clarify our own concepts.
However, this discussion about concepts and terms is indicating that the
design research community is facing, in regard to "context" a phenomenon
that philosophers of science call "terminological deficit." Just refer to
the corresponding methodology, and you will see a multitude of strategies
to deal with such problems.
Regards,
Lubomir Popov
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