Situating logic and information in information science

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dc.citation.epage2031en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber10en_US
dc.citation.spage2019en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber60en_US
dc.contributor.authorKaramuftuoglu, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:02:20Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:02:20Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Communication and Designen_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Computer Engineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractInformation Science (IS) is commonly said to study collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and use of information. However, there is no consensus on what information is. This article examines some of the formal models of information and informational processes, namely, Situation Theory and Shannon's Information Theory, in terms of their suitability for providing a useful framework for studying information in IS. It is argued that formal models of information are concerned with mainly ontological aspects of information, whereas IS, because of its evaluative role with respect to semantic content, needs an epistemological conception of information. It is argued from this perspective that concepts of epistemological/aesthetic/ethical information are plausible, and that information science needs to rise to the challenge of studying many different conceptions of information embedded in different contexts. This goal requires exploration of a wide variety of tools from philosophy and logic. © 2009 ASIS&T.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/asi.21108en_US
dc.identifier.issn15322882
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/22605
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21108en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectClassification ,en_US
dc.subjectFormal modelen_US
dc.subjectSemantic contenten_US
dc.subjectShannon's Information Theoryen_US
dc.subjectSituation theoryen_US
dc.subjectInformation theoryen_US
dc.subjectOntologyen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophical aspectsen_US
dc.subjectClassification (of information)en_US
dc.titleSituating logic and information in information scienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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