Concerning the Epistemology of Design : The Role of the Eco-Cognitive Model of Abduction in Pragmatism
Sans Pinillos, Alger (University of Pavia. Department of Humanities)
Estany, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filosofia)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Design has usually been linked to art and applied in scenarios related to everyday life. Even when design has, on occasion, made its way into the world of academia, it has always been closely linked to art and scenarios related everyday life. At last, however, the idea of design has reached the field of epistemology: an area within the very heart of philosophy that has always focused, in theory, on the foundations of knowledge. Consequently, design is being studied from different approaches interested in the foundation of knowledge, theoretical and practical. This is one of the reasons why abduction and pragmatism have been considered relevant from a design perspective. This paper first shows the main features of abduction and pragmatism, describes their evolution and considers their mutual implications. Second, the epistemology of design is analysed considering its most relevant characteristics. Third, the connection between abduction and, on the one hand, pragmatism and, on the other, design epistemology is addressed. Finally, the role of abductive inference in grounding a real epistemology for design theory from the naturalised cognitive perspective of abduction is outlined. The central proposition is that this approach is essential as a methodological innovation, as it allows us to analyse both the inquiry process and the design process as interdependent when dealing with practical problems of a social and cultural nature. This approach allows us to analyse how human actions determine changes in the theoretical framework from which we make our inquiry. In short, the world is an open-ended project that humans design through our daily inquiry.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca FFI2017-85711-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017-SGR_568
Note:	Altres ajuts: the PRIN 2017 Research 20173YP4N3-MIUR, Ministry of University and Research, Rome, Italy
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Philosophies, Vol. 8 Núm. 2 (april 2023) , p. 33, ISSN 2409-9287

DOI: 10.3390/philosophies8020033

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