TY - JOUR AU - Shearer, Allan W. AB -

This paper presents a constructivist framework for design thinking based on the recognition that there are different kinds of generative propositions. five different “What if . . . ?” questions are identified. It is offered that subsequent design development occurs in two ways. first, intensive development seeks an increasingly precise understanding of a proposed change by refining the generative proposition with respect to the initial “What if . . . ?” question. Second, extensive development seeks an increasingly comprehensive understanding of a proposed change by applying, adapting, and adjusting the generative proposition with respect to the other “What if . . . ?” questions. It is suggested that when both kinds of design development are performed successfully, the generative proposition of change becomes a reasoned argument for change.

TI - Abduction to Argument: A Framework of Design Thinking JF - Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land DA - 2016-03-15 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-wisconsin-press/abduction-to-argument-a-framework-of-design-thinking-jugRMnMO5w SP - 127 EP - 138 VL - 34 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -