The Logic of Design Process
Invention and Discovery in Light of the Semiotics of Charles S. Peirce
What is the logic of design process? Departing from this question, Tiago da Costa e Silva investigates the characteristic feature of every projective activity, for instance, in architecture, design, engineering design, and in the arts. In opposition to predominant views that understand design processes as mechanical and deterministic, this study, with the help of the semiotics of Charles S. Peirce, characterizes design activities as continuous and serendipitous interplays of esthetic and abductive processes that define rules and manifest forms. Tiago da Costa e Silva concludes that invention and discovery, manifested in the form of processes of abduction, actively pervade every development in any given context of design process.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
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Table of Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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PART ONE. FLOWING STREAMS AND UNFOLDING PROJECTIONS
On the Intrinsic Processuality of Design Process
Seiten 29 - 72 -
Research Problems and the main Hypothesis of the Present Inquiry
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PART TWO. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A PROBLEMATIC TRADITION: THE PARADIGMATIC RIGIDITY ENCAPSULATED IN THE CURRENT DISCOURSES OF DESIGN PROCESS
Psychological Foundations: Creativity, Invention, Association, and Problem Solving
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The Traditional Bases of Design Process: Invention, Discovery, and Creativity According to Modern Psychological Investigations
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PART THREE. A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SEMIOTICS: FROM THE PASTICHE OF SIGN THEORIES TO A CLARIFIED PROCESSUALITY OF DESIGN PROCESS IN LIGHT CHARLES S. PEIRCE'S SEMIOTICS
A Problematic Tradition: Sign Theories in the Context of Design Process
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The Semiotics of Charles S. Peirce in the Context of a Philosophical Architecture
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Detailed Review of Peirce's Semiotics: Semiosis, Interpretation, and Pragmatic Operation
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Design Process in Light of Semiotics: Symbiotic Operations Inherent to the Semiosis of Design Process
Seiten 295 - 342 -
List of Figures
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Bibliographical References
Seiten 345 - 364
30 October 2018, 364 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4377-0
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