Wicked Philosophy

Abstract

Wicked Philosophy. Philosophy of Science and Vision Development for Complex Problems provides an overview of the philosophy of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, and explores how insights from these three domains can be integrated to help find solutions for the complex, ‘wicked’ problems we are currently facing. The core of a new science-based vision is complexity thinking, offering a meta-position for navigating alternative paradigms and making informed choices of resources for projects involving complex problems. The book also brings design thinking into problem-solving and teaching, fostering construction of an integrative approach that bridges structure and action amplified by transdisciplinary engagement of stakeholders in society. It is not always easy to set up a succesfull philosophy course for students in other programs. The author of Wicked Philosophy, Coyan Tromp, has experience in designing courses on philosophy of science for various Bachelor programs. You can find two examples here. The first example is for an introductory course to an Interdisciplinary Philosophy of Science, which is specifically suited for programs focusing at complex problems such as sustainability or health issues. The second example is a program for a course on (Philosophy of) Science in a Post-Truth Society. More examples are also available (e.g. a program in which Philosophy of Science is combined with Vision Development and Future Scenarios). In addition to the program, the author can also provide a workbook with lesson plans, both for online and on campus settings as well as additional literature suggestions for Dutch and French programmes. Please contact us at marketing@aup.nl for questions or extra material.

Too Much, Too Soon? The Changes in Greece’s Land Administration Organizations during the Economic Crisis Period 2009 to 2018

“…Many of the problems of land governance are complex and demand innovation, emergent practices, and debate to address the unknown. Legal certainty and security on property rights are highly desirable, but how to achieve them, what are the most appropriate steps, which set of goals have a priority, how to agree on them, how to assign appropriately and coordinate the diverse roles and available resources effectively for implementing land administration reform, and how to define reasonably the societal benefits constitute complex challenges, which require visioning logic [84,99]. It "includes methodologies to change how and what people see and make sense of data and their world, identify previously unimagined goals and possibilities, and experiment with radically innovative ways of doing and organizing.…”

Re-significación de principios y conceptos sistémicos en Diseño

“…Valorización: La palabra "valor" puede tener muchos significados dependiendo del contexto, lo cual no resulta pertinente enunciar. Sin embargo, Tromp (2018) lo incluyó para referirse a la asignación de valor al conocimiento y hacerlo útil o benéfico para la sociedad. Lo mismo sugieren múltiples analistas tales como Bonet (2023) que identifican la sostenibilidad, revertir el daño ambiental, la desigualdad y el impacto social de la tecnología como los aspectos a los que más atención le deben poner las organizaciones, y marca la pauta acerca de cómo deben ser conscientes y transformarse en función de la sociedad.…”

“…Verosimilitud: Entendido como lo que "aparenta ser verdadero", implica qué tan próximo es algo respecto a la verdad. Según Tromp (2018), esta se basa en el contenido de verdad menos el contenido de falsedad y el número de intentos de falsificación sufridos, y es explorado a profundidad por el filósofo británico Karl Popper. El uso del término se vuelve importante con el desarrollo de tecnologías más avanzadas (imágenes con inteligencia artificial o videos deepfake) y en otras no tan nuevas (como el modelado tridimensional fotorrealista y la animación por computadora), donde la apariencia juega un papel importante y determina su éxito.…”

“…Perspectivismo: Es empleado y desarrollado por muchos filósofos. Según Tromp (2018), toda percepción e ideación está dictada por nuestros marcos de referencia y conceptuales (conjunto de supuestos y conceptos básicos coherentes y ordenados jerárquicamente). Estos dirigen nuestra visión e incorporan algunos supuestos y de cierta forma producen algo de sesgo en la realidad.…”

Book review: Eekelen, W. van. ICT and Rural Development in the Global South

“…He uses an elaboration of the grounded theory approach to analyse the benefits, opportunities, risks and dangers of ICT in the rural Global South. He describes this method, combining inductive, deductive and abductive 1 (Tromp, 2017) reasoning, in the book's annex. Van Eekelen draws on a data set of case studies drawn from his extensive engagement in the development sectorprimarily as an independent evaluatorspanning over 45 countries and three decades.…”