Comparison of concept design, designing and project activity: historical, etymological and epistemological aspects

The article compares the concept of «project», «design» and «designing activity» to refer to their conceptual space, the disclosure of their use in different sciences; it is implicit confirmation of the presence of the structural components of the design in a variety of philosophical and psycho-pedagogical teachings about the nature of mental activity of the person and type of his cognitive activity-activity. Based on analysis of the works of philosophers from different historical periods in the article marked an ontological and epistemological aspects of the subject as an advanced display design and future generation; identify and define the basic terminology necessary for the definition of the concepts of psychological analysis. Based on the analysis of historical and etymological conditioning using the terms «project» and «plan» («design» and «planning») in the Russian language are designated essential differences in the use of these concepts and show that the design of the process within the planning activity is a specific form of manifestation prognostic human functions. The article presents the concepts that the author proposed to include in the «Dictionary designer».