The Epistemological Lifeboat
Lifeboat
Birger Hj¿rland & Jeppe Nicolaisen (eds.)
This is an introduction or overview of philosopy
from the Library and Information Science (LIS) point of view. The editors explain that this is important because “LIS itself is influenced by different views of knowledge” and one needs to be able to recognize those different views. Further, they say, the “information” we deal with is also influenced by different views that we should consider in any information service.
The design of the site is simple and well organized and information is presented concisely. Think of it as a (very) mini-encyclopedia of philosophy. Here is a sample:
According to Wilson (2002), phenomenology has also been dominating information science: ÒIf we accept that ‘information science’ is predominantly a social science (and there may be those present who do not) it is particularly striking that over the past 50 years or so there has been a shift in information research from a predominantly positivist model of the world to a predominantly phenomenological perspective.Ó
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