Wicked problems in a technological world

Title

Wicked problems in a technological world

 Author

de Vries, M.J. (TU Delft Science Education and Communication; TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology) ORCID 0000-0002-1982-2157

 Date

2020

 Abstract

In this article, the morality in the “wickedness” of design problems as wicked problems is explored. I will use for that purpose the characteristics of wicked problems as identified by Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber. These characteristics suggest interdisciplinary thinking for solving such problems. An awareness of the wicked nature of design problems can stimulate proper use of the concept of utopias for solving these problems. I will use the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd to provide a framework for understanding the nature of design problems as wicked problems.


 Subject

Design problems
Interdisciplinarity
Philosophy of technology
Utopian thinking
Wicked problems

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1163/23528230-8502A002

 ISSN

0031-8035

 Source

Philosophia Reformata, 85 (2), 125-137

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

© 2020 M.J. de Vries
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