EAGER: Transdisciplinary Theory of Inventive Designing: Basic Concepts

这一早期概念探索性研究(AGUGER)奖的研究目标是探索这样一个假设，即发明设计的跨学科理论可以被开发出来，它将为设计提供比目前存在的更好的方法学。新的设计理论、方法和工具不仅是保持国家竞争力所必需的，而且是提高国家竞争力所必需的。这项研究将解决一个假设，即基于认知心理学的知识(汉弗莱的现象意识理论)，可以发展出一种跨学科的发明设计理论，这将为设计提供一种新的方法。这个项目有可能产生跨学科的知识，通过整合设计科学、认知心理学和计算机科学的概念，重点是进化计算和设计，从而促进设计科学的发展。如果成功，该项目的结果将是使设计科学家能够为发明设计过程做出贡献的根本科学转变，并对涉及的三个知识领域(设计科学、认知心理学和计算机科学)的每一个领域的创新产生积极影响。创新产品和工艺的开发是争夺全球市场份额的关键因素，也是应对与可持续发展、环境保护、安全、经济增长和气候变化有关的现代挑战的关键。对工程学的具体影响将是在设计工作的全脑概念的背景下提高对发明设计过程的理解-设计工作中左脑和右脑的创造性大脑半球都参与其中。此外，在以进化设计的计算术语呈现该模型时，将开发用于发明设计的新一代计算机工具。在认知心理学中，这项研究将提高对创造性问题解决的理解，这可能会提供更深层次的理解，即如何通过对整个创造性设计过程的适当框架来减少设计中的固定。

The research objective of this EArly-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award is to explore the hypothesis that a transdisciplinary theory of inventive design can be developed, which will offer a superior methodology for design than presently exists. New design theories, methods, and tools are necessary not only to maintain, but also to improve on national competitiveness. This research will address a hypothesis that a transdisciplinary theory of inventive design can be developed - based on knowledge from cognitive psychology (Humphreys Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness), that will offer a new approach to design. This project has the potential to generate transdisciplinary knowledge that will advance design science by integrating concepts from design science, cognitive psychology, and computer science, with emphasis on Evolutionary Computation and Designing. If successful, the outcomes of the project will be to enable a fundamental scientific shift in what design scientists can contribute to the inventive design process, and make positive impacts towards innovation in each of the three domains of knowledge involved (design science, cognitive psycology, and computer science). The development of innovative products and processes is a critical factor in the competition for global market share and the key to modern challenges related to sustainability, environmental protection, safety, economic growth, and climate change. The specific impact on engineering will be to improve the understanding of the inventive design process in the context of the whole-brain concept of designing - design work in which both the left rational and right creative brain hemispheres are engaged. Furthermore, in presenting the model in the computational terms of Evolutionary Designing, a new generation of computer tools for inventive designing will be developed. In cognitive psychology, the research will improve understanding of creative problem solving, which may provide a deeper understanding how fixation in design can be reduced through the proper framing of the entire inventive design process.