The role of philosophy and the philosophical in information science

• Main Author: McGuirk, Karin
• Other Authors: Ngoepe, Mpho Solomon
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Information science; Information; Knowledge; The philosophical; Information retrieval; Philosophy of language; Theory development; Calculative and meditative thinking; Comprehensive thinking; Philosophy; Philosophy of information; Multiple; collective intellection; Multidisciplinary; The Northwest Passage; Inligtingkunde; Inligting; Kennis; Die filosofiese; Inligtingherwinning; Taalfilosofie; Teorie-ontwikkeling; Berekenende en meditatiewe denke; Omvattende denke; Filosofie; Filosofie van inligting; Veelvuldige; kollektiewe intelligensie; Multidissipliner; Die Noordwesdeurgang; Dithutamahlale tsa tshedimoso; Tshedimoso; Tsebo; Tiriso ya filosofi; Go hwetsa tshedimoso; Filosofi ya polelo; Tlhabollo ya teori; Go nagana ka go tsinkela le ka go gopodisisa; Go nagana ka kwesiso; Filosofi; Filosofi ya tshedimoso; Tse ntsi; Bohlale bja bohle; Ya dithuto tse ntsi; 020.1; Information science > Philosophy; Philosophy and social sciences; Theory of; Bala; Blair; Gana; Mehola; Northwest Passage; Rata; Tussen; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26989

The importance of philosophy and the philosophical is not on the lips of many library and information science practitioners and scholars, even though pervasive in information science theory and practice. This investigation focusses on the relationship between information science, philosophy and the...