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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Theories of information, communication and knowledge [Texte électronique] : a multidisciplinary approach / Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan, Thomas M Dousa, editors
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (1 texte électronique (vi, 331 pages))
Collection : Studies in History and Philosophy of Science ; v. 34
Note(s) : Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 8 novembre 2013)
This book addresses some of the key questions that scientists have been asking themselves
for centuries: what is knowledge? What is information? How do we know that we know
something? How do we construct meaning from the perceptions of things? Although no
consensus exists on a common definition of the concepts of information and communication,
few can reject the hypothesis that information-- whether perceived as "object" or
as "process"--Is a pre-condition for knowledge. Epistemology is the study of how we
know things (anglophone meaning) or the study of how scientific knowledge is arrived
at and validated (francophone conception). To adopt an epistemological stance is to
commit oneself to render an account of what constitutes knowledge or in procedural
terms, to render an account of when one can claim to know something. An epistemological
theory imposes constraints on the interpretation of human cognitive interaction with
the world. It goes without saying that different epistemological theories will have
more or less restrictive criteria to distinguish what constitutes knowledge from what
is not. If information is a pre-condition for knowledge acquisition, giving an account
of how knowledge is acquired should impact our comprehension of information and communication
as concepts. While a lot has been written on the definition of these concepts, less
research has attempted to establish explicit links between differing theoretical conceptions
of these concepts and the underlying epistemological stances. This is what this volume
attempts to do. It offers a multidisciplinary exploration of information and communication
as perceived in different disciplines and how those perceptions affect theories of
knowledge
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Ibekwe-SanJuan, Fidelia. Fonction indéterminée
Dousa, Thomas M.. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Théorie de la connaissance
Sémantique (philosophie)
Indice(s) Dewey :
121 (23e éd.) = Épistémologie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789400769731
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44722380f
Notice n° :
FRBNF44722380
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
