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9780081001400

Chandos information professional series

Front Cover; Information Science as an Interscience; Copyright Page; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 An acritical philosophy of information; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Philosophy as an act of thinking; 1.3 Philosophy and science; 1.4 Philosophy and information science; 1.5 Modes of thinking; 1.5.1 Complex thinking; 1.5.2 Multiple thinking; 1.5.3 Inventive thinking; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2 Towards the idea of information science as an interscience; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Changes in landscape; 2.3 Rethinking human thinking; 2.4 A new scientific approach.

2.5 Challenges to information science2.6 Information science: its functioning and responsibility; 2.6.1 Its functioning; 2.6.2 Its responsibility; References; 3 Information science in a post-scientific position; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The traditional, generally accepted conception of science; 3.3 Information science seems to be out of step (and will remain out of step, unless ...); 3.4 Thinking differently about science; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 Information science in a post-scientific position; 4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Alternative offered to information science in terms of this other conception of science4.3 A newly invented set of conceptual equipment should be proposed; 4.3.1 The massive, but also disturbing, impact of information/knowledge on and in society; 4.3.2 What should be done about 'the information explosion'?; 4.3.3 Conceptual equipment or capabilities; 4.4 The gap between information science and information work closes up; References; 5 Method/beyond-method: the demands, challenges and excitements of scholarly information work.

5.1 Introduction: the essence and necessity of scholarly engagement5.2 The complexity of the field of the research endeavours; 5.2.1 The research on the deflation of information by Bernd Frohmann (2004); 5.2.2 Research on language, philosophy and information by David Blair (2006); 5.2.3 The thorough and fundamental study of information ethics by Rainer Kuhlen (2004a); 5.3 Methodological demands and challenges and a situation beyond-method; 5.3.1 The three researchers; Bernd Frohmann; David Blair; Rainer Kuhlen; 5.3.2 On the way to a position beyond-method; Edgar Morin; Michel Serres.

Paul Feyerabend5.4 The rewards and excitements of scholarly work; References; 6 Methodology and noology: Amazing prospects for library and information science; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The methodology of complexity of Edgar Morin: A noological situation beyond-method; 6.3 The acritical anti-method of Michel Serres: Multiple connective intellection; 6.4 Conclusion; References; 7 Let the new knowledge come: the atlas of knowledges; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Reasons for such an emphasis on knowledge; 7.2.1 Awareness of the importance of knowledge; 7.2.2 Development of electronic media.