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Methodology and a discipline for synthetic research
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In this article, a formulation of the methodology of Synthesiology as a discipline is presented, which states that what Yoshikawa calls Type 2 Basic Research (SBR) is synthetic research.Abstract:
In the analytical sciences, several formulations of the discipline such as Descartes' discourse, Kuhn's paradigm, and Popper's falsifiability have been attempted, but such discussion has not been done for Synthesiology. The only exception is the series of work by Yoshikawa. Here, I attempt a formulation of the methodology of Synthesiology as a discipline by stating that what Yoshikawa calls Type 2 Basic Research is synthetic research.read more
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Products and evaluation device of cosmetics for UV protection:- AIST commercialization based on regional collaboration that combines the current strategic logic, and an intermediary's experience and trial-and-error approach -
Yasumasa Takao,KMutsuo Sando +1 more
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Products and evaluation device of cosmetics for UV protection
Yasumasa Takao,KMutsuo Sando +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of UV-protective cosmetic product development is presented, which is the result of a strategic regional alliance of the AIST grant venture and the technical guidance that did not set a prior scenario with immediate effect of the national research institute.
Design Motifs: Abstraction Driven Creativity : A Paradigm for an Ideal Design( What is "What's the Design"?)
Yukari Nagai,Toshiharu Taura +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examines design motifs and focuses on the importance of the internal perspective of a designer as a factor that drives the design process ; as it considers that a motif drives a design’s creativity.
Design Motifs : Abstraction Driven Creativity − A Paradigm for an Ideal Design −
Yukari Nagai,Toshiharu Taura +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the importance of the internal perspective of a designer as a factor that drives the design process is discussed, and two types of abstraction processes in design are addressed by studying creativity in both design and art.
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Design of Service Ecosystem Based on Interactive Design Support in the Case of Job-Hunting Support Services
TL;DR: A new interactive design support system as a job-hunter's support service is devised that helps users formulate job-hunting plans.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
TL;DR: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as discussed by the authors is a seminal work in the history of science and philosophy of science, and it has been widely cited as a major source of inspiration for the present generation of scientists.
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The geography of thought : how Asians and Westerners think differently--and why
TL;DR: The authors showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish, while Japanese subjects made observations about the background environment, and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians.
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Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
TL;DR: The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897--1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts as discussed by the authors, and his basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages we speak.
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Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
TL;DR: The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897--1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts as mentioned in this paper, and his basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages we speak.