Vol. 13 No. 82 (2024)
Articles

Design thinking: from the scientist engineer to the philosopher

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  • Svitlana Korniienko,
  • Olga Ivashchenko,
  • Larysa Dvornichenko,
  • Nataliia Moisieieva
Svitlana Korniienko
H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Author Biography

Doctor of  Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Philosophy, H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Olga Ivashchenko
Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Author Biography

Ph.D., in Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Design Department, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Larysa Dvornichenko
Sumy A.S. Makarenko  State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.
Author Biography

Ph.D.,  in  Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Psychology Department, Sumy A.S. Makarenko  State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Nataliia Moisieieva
State University of Biotechnology, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Author Biography

Doctor of Economical Sciences, Professor, Head of Unesco Chair «Philosophy of Human Communication», Social Sciences and Humanities, State University of Biotechnology, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.82.10.4

Published 2024-10-30

Keywords

  • creative ability in technology, design and technology, engineering, philosophy, science.

How to Cite

Korniienko, S., Ivashchenko, O., Dvornichenko, L., & Moisieieva, N. (2024). Design thinking: from the scientist engineer to the philosopher. Amazonia Investiga, 13(82), 60–69. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.82.10.4

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Abstract

This article examines design thinking as a novel project paradigm aligned with the polyparadigmatic nature of contemporary philosophical knowledge. It explores design thinking as an innovative approach that rejects the absolutization of a single methodology and analyzes the contradictions of technical creativity within the design thinking context. The phenomenon of design thinking is considered based on complexity theory, transhumanism, transversality of modern scientific knowledge, and the principles of transformation and technologization of modern society. The article traces the formation of design thinking in the context of post-non-classical science. It also analyzes engineering as technical creativity based on two figures: the engineer-scientist and the engineer-artist / designer. The study notes that technical creativity can unfold in different dimensions, such as ignoring potential consequences to achieve goals or focusing on interaction with the world and the communicative community. Technical creativity is seen as an innovative design-thinking component and a factor transforming the human doer from a scientist-engineer to a philosopher-engineer.

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