Print Email Facebook Twitter Adventure : Title Adventure :: Expedition to Pragmatism and Inventivism in the design situation Author Mulder, S.S. (TU Delft Methodologie en Organisatie van Design) Boess, S.U. (TU Delft Applied Ergonomics and Design) Fritsch, Jonas (IT University of Copenhagen) Contributor Prendeville, Sharon (editor) Leahy, Keelin (editor) Durrant, Abigail (editor) O' Murchú, Nora (editor) Date 2019 Abstract In this Conversation session we explored the two contrasting philosophical perspectives of Pragmatism and Inventivism. Pragmatism tends to focus on technical objects as fulfilling a purpose for mankind in a concrete situational context. In contrast, the French philosopher Gilbert Simondon introduces an Inventivist philosophical position in which technical objects a) have their own mode of being called technicity, b) are becoming more open, and c) should not be reduced to a purpose, as that hinders their co-emergence with mankind - a problematic position with regards to design. The Conversation took the form of exploring an imaginary design case revolving around using the technology of a wildlife camera to design for a dinner table setting. Two imaginary design teams were formed, each operating in a philosophical 'clearing' representing one of the perspectives. Moderators supported each team. Each team had a wildlife camera at their disposal to work with, which at the same time captured each session at selected points. Four participants joined the Conversation session, two per clearing. Halfway through the session the participants reflected intermediately and then one each swapped clearings. The last 10 minutes were spent on a joint reflection. This exploration indicates how the differences in philosophical positions play out when entering concrete design consideration. Subject PragmatismInventivismDesign PhilosophyDesign situations To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c56764c4-db87-465f-ad1b-9cf64c24e2cc DOI https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2018.796 Publisher Design Research Society, Limerick, Ireland ISBN 978-1-912294-36-7 Source Book of DRS2018 Conversations: Design as a catalyst for change Event DRS 2018, 2018-06-25 → 2018-06-28, Limerick, Ireland Series Proceedings of DRS2018 International Conference Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2019 S.S. Mulder, S.U. Boess, Jonas Fritsch Files PDF Mulder_Boess_Fritsch_796.pdf 938.99 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c56764c4-db87-465f-ad1b-9cf64c24e2cc/datastream/OBJ/view