Playing twenty questions with nature (the surprise version): reflections on the dynamics of experience

View/ Open
Author(s)
Flach, JM
Dekker, S
Stappers, PJ
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2008
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
It is a common complaint that the science of cognition does not do justice to either the reality of cognition in the wild or to the demands of engineering socio-technical systems. This article draws on examples from early functionalist/pragmatist views in psychology, modern physics and dynamical systems theory to explore the ontological basis of this complaint. Tentative steps are made toward a new way to frame an ontology of experience. In this framework, the duality (complementary nature) of control and observation is offered as an alternative to the dichotomy (independent nature) of mind and matter.It is a common complaint that the science of cognition does not do justice to either the reality of cognition in the wild or to the demands of engineering socio-technical systems. This article draws on examples from early functionalist/pragmatist views in psychology, modern physics and dynamical systems theory to explore the ontological basis of this complaint. Tentative steps are made toward a new way to frame an ontology of experience. In this framework, the duality (complementary nature) of control and observation is offered as an alternative to the dichotomy (independent nature) of mind and matter.
View less >
View less >
Journal Title
Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
Volume
9
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2008 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol. 9(2), 2008, pp. 125-154. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
Subject
Information systems
Engineering practice and education not elsewhere classified
Design