The limits to language in doing systems design
通过模拟四位学者（维克斯、丘奇曼、伽达默尔、哈贝马斯）的圆桌讨论，并借助AI增强的Memex平台引入布迪厄和拉图尔，探讨信息系统实践中语言与设计的根本问题。
We employ a conversational genre of performative research in order to explore foundational issues of language and design in information system practice. Initially, Sir Geoffrey Vickers (†2004), C. West Churchman (†1999), Hans-Georg Gadamer (†1982) and Jurgen Habermas are portrayed as engaging in a roundtable discussion on the topic: “Are there Limits to Language in Doing System Design?” We employ an updated, AI-enhanced version of Memex, an intelligent agent originally described by Vannevar Bush at the end of WWII, to serve as a plausible digital platform for enabling a discussion among intelligent agents, both living and dead. The Memex system conducts a spirited conversation among the four scholars and later brings Pierre Bourdieu (†2002) and Bruno Latour into the discussion in order to enrich the unfolding conversation. After the roundtable, Jurgen Habermas and Sir Geoffrey Vickers synthesize the learning from their perspectives.