@article{8c3fb7a3f3da47e8a1b26dd5e5a2b86a,
title = "Processing the method: Linking Deweyan logic and design-in-research",
abstract = "This paper explores the relationship between design logic and reasoning and the methodological and epistemological positioning of design-based knowledge production. Examining the relevant literature, we propose that the naturalistic logic of the American pragmatist philosopher John Dewey offers a potentially useful contextualisation of how logic, reasoning, method and, ultimately, knowledge can be understood as arising from, and be responsive to, context. This is considered in relation to the long-term delivery of a design research programme—termed Experience Labs—which was seen to undergo a gradual methodological shift in response to contextual concerns. It is our core argument that Dewey{\textquoteright}s logic can function as a valuable theoretical device, mediating between design and the necessity of methodological and epistemological explication in research.",
keywords = "design research, logic of design, epistemology, design practice, John Dewey",
author = "Brian Dixon and Tara French",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "10",
language = "English",
journal = "Design Studies",
issn = "0142-694X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}