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100	1		_aParsons, Glenn.
245	1	4	_aThe philosophy of design / _cGlenn Parsons.
264		1	_aCambridge, UK : _bPolity Press, _c2016.
300			_aviii, 192 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aFirst published in 2005 by MBI Publishing Company LLC.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a Acknowledgements Introduction 1 What is Design? 1.1 Defining Design 1.2 Ontological Issues 1.3 Activity, Profession and Practice 1.4 The Rise of the Designer 2 The Design Process 2.1 The Challenges of Design 2.2 A Crisis of Confidence 2.3 The Epistemological Problem 2.4 Are Design Problems Ill-Defined? 2.5 Some Responses 2.6 Prestructures and Principles 3 Modernism 3.1 The Origins of Modernism 3.2 Reinterpretations and Linkages 3.3 The Failure of Modernism 4 Expression 4.1 The Meanings of Design 4.2 Expression and Eros 4.3 The Better Realization Argument 4.4 Illusion and Reality 4.5 An Objection 5 The Concept of Function 5.1 The Indeterminacy of Function 5.2 Intentionalist Theories of Artefact Function 5.3 Evolutionary Theories of Artefact Function 5.4 Objections to the Evolutionary Theory 5.5 Novelty, Design and the Epistemolocial Problem 6 Function, Form and Aesthetics 6.1 Can Form Follow Function? 6.2 Squaring Function and Aesthetic Value 6.3 Dependent Beauty 6.4 Functional Beauty 6.5 Good Taste in Design 6.6 Bad Taste 7 Ethics 7.1 Applied Ethics and Design 7.2 Consumerism, Needs and Wants 7.3 Is Need an Empty Concept? 7.4 Does Design Alter the Moral Landscape? 7.5 The Designer Stands Alone? Epilogue: The Meaning of Modernism Suggestions for Further Reading Notes References
520			_a* Engages design students with the philosophical and ethical underpinnings of their discipline * Written in a clear accessible way suitable for the non-specialist * Builds a strong case for the reassessment of Modernist design ethics * Suitable for students of design, philosophy, ethics, modernism and related subjects.
650		0	_aDesign _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aProduct design _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aAesthetics.
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