Understanding, Design, Models, Dialogue: The Orienting Role of Language
Language operates on two tracks: the descriptive (or representative) track and the orienting (or injunctive) track. Understanding involves thinking and thinking involves language. Vigilance with respect to the orienting track of language opens up new possibilities for thinking and hence understandin...
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doaj-8a90c3c994cf457ebb5b04b09fbd9b732020-11-25T01:41:14ZengElsevierShe Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation2405-87262019-01-0154369372Understanding, Design, Models, Dialogue: The Orienting Role of LanguageLarry Richards0Professor Emeritus, Management and Informatics, Indiana University East, USALanguage operates on two tracks: the descriptive (or representative) track and the orienting (or injunctive) track. Understanding involves thinking and thinking involves language. Vigilance with respect to the orienting track of language opens up new possibilities for thinking and hence understanding, as well as for designing, modeling, and interacting with others. In this commentary, I keep an eye on the orienting track of language while trying to map my own vocabulary to that of Michael Lissack in his two-part article “Understanding is a Design Problem: Cognizing from a Designerly Perspective.” My hope is that differences in how terms are used and ideas formulated could serve to generate new insights on how we might address complex societal issues together. Keywords: Language, thinking, intention, composition, performance, conversationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872619300814 |
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Language operates on two tracks: the descriptive (or representative) track and the orienting (or injunctive) track. Understanding involves thinking and thinking involves language. Vigilance with respect to the orienting track of language opens up new possibilities for thinking and hence understanding, as well as for designing, modeling, and interacting with others. In this commentary, I keep an eye on the orienting track of language while trying to map my own vocabulary to that of Michael Lissack in his two-part article “Understanding is a Design Problem: Cognizing from a Designerly Perspective.” My hope is that differences in how terms are used and ideas formulated could serve to generate new insights on how we might address complex societal issues together. Keywords: Language, thinking, intention, composition, performance, conversation |
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