The ontologies of designing from Vitruvia to Vittikh

The article discusses the development of an emerging scientific discipline, homonymous to the title of the journal “Ontology of Designing”. In previous works of the author published in the journal, key terms, scientific basis and borders of the ontology of design were considered. Here, an attempt is made in the historical aspect to examine the origins of the ontology of design from Vitruvius, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and other sages of antiquity to contemporaries who made a significant contribution to the development of this scientific direction - Vittich, Valkman, Samoylovich and many other eminent scientists. The key role of the ontological analysis of the subject area, search and substantiation of formalisms and formal methods in describing both the subject area itself and the processes modeled in it is emphasized. The paper presents, on the example of articles published in the journal over eight years, the geography of the topics touched upon, the authors, and the organizations representing them. The author took the liberty to mark the works, significant in his opinion, published in the journal, to identify areas in which the results have not yet been obtained and which could fill in the gaps in the mosaic of published works in the journal. In the subject area of social design, the author examines ontological dominants, argues with other authors about blissful theories from Plato and Adam Smith to Wittih and Fresco. Understanding the eclecticism of the presented analysis and conclusions, the author invites the readers of the journal to a constructive discussion, formulating for this purpose questions on unsolved problems.