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Library and information science and the philosophy of science / guest editor: Birger Hjorland.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Journal of documentation ; v. 61, no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information science--Philosophy.
- Information science.
- Library science--Philosophy.
- Library science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This e-book is concerned with metatheories in Library and Information Science (LIS) and especially with the philosophy of science of LIS. Metatheories are theories about the description, investigation, analysis or criticism of the theories in a domain.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Library and information science and the philosophy of science; Critical realism as a philosophy and social theory in information science?; Pragmatism, neo-pragmatism and sociocultural theory; Phenomenology and information studies; Structuralism, post-structuralism, and the library: de Saussure and Foucault; "Isms" in information science: constructivism, collectivism and constructionism; Hermeneutics as a bridge between the modern and the postmodern in library and information science; On Grounded Theory - with some malice
- Empiricism, rationalism and positivism in library and information scienceComments on the articles and proposals for further work
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-50843-4
- 9786610508433
- 1-84544-252-0
- OCLC:
- 171128920
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