Research, design and education, Von Humboldt revisited

This paper is a result of reflection on the interrelation design-research-cultivation, and on the interpretation of Von Humboldt's maxim: 'Einheit von Forschung und Lehre', which governed the academic world in the past two centuries. It is argued that 'Forschung' should be interpreted as 'Research and Design'. It will be shown that research, design and cultivation may be considered categories in a Peircean, pragmatistic matrix. The matrix reflects the interrelation between these notions and the way they share the same sub-categories.