On defining library and information science as applied philosophy of information
@article{Floridi2002OnDL, title={On defining library and information science as applied philosophy of information}, author={L. Floridi}, journal={Social Epistemology}, year={2002}, volume={16}, pages={37 - 49} }
This paper analyses the relations between philosophy of information (PI), library and information science (LIS) and social epistemology (SE). In the first section, it is argued that there is a natural relation between philosophy and LIS but that SE cannot provide a satisfactory foundation for LIS. SE should rather be seen as sharing with LIS a common ground, represented by the study of information, to be investigated by a new discipline, PI. In the second section, the nature of PI is outlined… CONTINUE READING
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