List: In an effort to apply Peirce's thought to my profession of engineering, as well as introduce it to my fellow practitioners, I have written a four-part series of articles under this heading for *STRUCTURE* magazine. Part 1, subtitled "Engineering Design," appears in the September issue and is also posted online.
http://www.STRUCTUREmag.org/?p=10373 In summary, I am defining "the logic of ingenuity" as the process of (abductively) creating a diagrammatic representation of a problem and its proposed solution, and then (deductively) working out the necessary consequences, such that this serves as an adequate substitute for (inductively) evaluating the actual situation. This first installment discusses how engineers use it to design particular artifacts for specific purposes, and connects it with many of my previous writings for the same publication. Any and all feedback is welcome! Thanks, Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt
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