This essay develops the philosophical foundations for design research in the Technology of Information Systems (TIS). Traditional writings on philosophy of science cannot fully describe this mode of research, which dares to intervene and improve to realize alternative futures instead of explaining or interpreting the past to discover truth. Accordingly, in addition to philosophy of science, the...

“philosophy of technology” is a new branch of the human knowledge which with this specific title has only 30 or 40 years old in the literature of the world thinkers. however, the “technology” is one of the modern world phenomena, which from 19th century drew the attention of the thinkers and was analyzed by romantists, marx and heidegger and in 20th century was considered more but the using of ...