ONTOLOGY OF DESIGNING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LABOR’S SUBJECT THEORY POSTULATES

Abstract

A variant of defining the semantic status of the ontology of designing is proposed with regard to metamorphosis of the means of labor – basic elements of any production process. The definitions of the terms “design”, “ontology” and “ontology of designing” are considered in the historic-logic perspective. The postulates of the labor theory are analyzed. Those postulates describe the natural (user-cost), social (cost), thing and process characteristics. The difference between a finished and final product is stated. The terms “result of designing” and “project”; “object of designing” and “thing” are compared. The necessity for implication of a new triad of definitions: nominal, primary and secondary objects of design is presented. The essence of the designing process is specified in the context of the “objectivationdisobjectivation” paradigm. The status of the subject of designing is considered as the goal-directing and the goalachievement functional unity. The lifecycle of designing is analyzed in the form of two technological chains – the basic one and the parallel one. The first one is associated with the processes of designing, the stages of the product’s lifecycle up to the recycling. The second one is associated with the possibility to utilize any byproducts in material and informational forms.