- 1. Only with regard to well-structured problems is it possible to take solution oriented actions which can be defended.
- 2. In reality all problems can be better understood and a wider set of relevant facets engaged before adopting actlons for solution. (Post Structuralism) This implies that only one set of problems exists, and it is simply a matter of initial assumption that makes possible the prescriptive approach. (D'arcy)
Structure is different from Structuralism, however structuralism attempts to identify an ontologically valid structure. Post structuralism, it can be argued can identify local structures of meaning but there is the question of how far one can extend ones local structure of meaning (from ones own subjective experience to a discourse community etc)
In the context of a market of ready made "structured" solutions,methodologies and technical means, it may well be the case that these come to dominate the problem definition process. Imposing false closure and those assumptions/"facts" that fit the already offered solutions, whether they be computers, medicine or missiles. At the same time they deny other solutions and methodologies (communal?, intuitive? creative?) that require we suspend closure. Hence the automated system of reproduction (Benjamin, Giddens, Habermas) imposed ideological? hegemonic? pressure that restricts humane creativity(Pope). It often does this in the guise of pragmatism, this though,it could be argued is a pragmatism limited to local economics that does not take account of its ecological base, it cannot adapt its aims to ensure survival (Ashby) ...
Institutions and methodologies, balancing the Structural (prescriptive) and Post Structural(interpretive) are thus essential. One is the university, with an funded humanities department interacting positively with the modernist departments. An example of a methodology that attempts this is soft systems methoology of checkland, one of the maijor contributers to Action Research Methods.
If true, the essential academic task becomes one of making assumptions clear, and offering the opportunity to explore alternative assumptions?,
In the case of assumptions about the value of "random expressive flow" one way of achieving this could be via the "context frame"
In the context of a market of ready made "structured" solutions,methodologies and technical means, it may well be the case that these come to dominate the problem definition process. Imposing false closure and those assumptions/"facts" that fit the already offered solutions, whether they be computers, medicine or missiles. At the same time they deny other solutions and methodologies (communal?, intuitive? creative?) that require we suspend closure. Hence the automated system of reproduction (Benjamin, Giddens, Habermas) imposed ideological? hegemonic? pressure that restricts humane creativity(Pope). It often does this in the guise of pragmatism, this though,it could be argued is a pragmatism limited to local economics that does not take account of its ecological base, it cannot adapt its aims to ensure survival (Ashby) ...
Institutions and methodologies, balancing the Structural (prescriptive) and Post Structural(interpretive) are thus essential. One is the university, with an funded humanities department interacting positively with the modernist departments. An example of a methodology that attempts this is soft systems methoology of checkland, one of the maijor contributers to Action Research Methods.
If true, the essential academic task becomes one of making assumptions clear, and offering the opportunity to explore alternative assumptions?,
The design for thebridge was an attempt to envisage a popular social network based on similar ideas.
In the case of assumptions about the value of "random expressive flow" one way of achieving this could be via the "context frame"
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