Experiments in Experience: Towards an Alignment of
Research through Design and John Dewey’s Pragmatism

Dixon, Brian

Experiments in Experience: Towards an Alignment of Research through Design and John Dewey’s Pragmatism

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Dixon, Brian (2019) Experiments in Experience: Towards an Alignment of Research through Design and John Dewey’s Pragmatism. Design Issues, 35 (2). pp. 5-16. ISSN 0747-9360
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Experiments in Experience: Towards an Alignment of
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Creators/Authors:

Dixon, Brian

Abstract:

This article explores John Dewey’s theories of inquiry, communication and existence in relation to design inquiry or, more particularly, research which incorporates design practice. Held in combination, these theories are seen to offer a unique approach to knowledge. This approach, it is argued, can be readily appropriated within existing methodological formulations of design research. By way of demonstration, I conclude the article by outlining a number of key features of Dewey’s theories, which are seen to hold the potential to enrich the epistemological basis of design inquiry as a research approach.

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http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/desi

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This is the author’s final version. The article has been accepted for publication in Design Issues.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Design Research, Pragmatism, John Dewey, Design Epistemology

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School of Innovation and Technology

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25 September 2017