Rolf Lövgren
Dept. of Innovation, Design and Product development (IDP), Mälardalen University, Sweden
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Published in: The 13th International Conference on Thinking Norrköping; Sweden June 17-21; 2007
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 21:14, p. 101-107
Published: 2007-07-20
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ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
In this paper we argue that common sense; documented in reflective proverbs and sayings; gives useful qualitative tools for problem solving or product development processes. The proverbs are chosen in a process analogous to the way a knowledgeable carpenter is choosing appropriate tools in his “problem solving” enterprise. Underlying the choices is the presumption of the wisdom extracted from the work of Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Buber in five basic assumptions presented in the paper.
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