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Theories of Information, Communication and Knowledge

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 34)

Editors: Ibekwe-SanJuan, Fidelia; Dousa, Thomas M

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6973-1

ISBN: 978-94-007-6972-4

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jun 29, 2013

1 - 10 of 12 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction

Dousa, Thomas M.; Ibekwe-SanJuan, Fidelia

Pages: 1 –21

[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? And how do we communicate this meaning to...
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Chapter 2The Transdisciplinary View of Information Theory from a Cybersemiotic Perspective

Brier, Søren

Pages: 23 –49

[When looking at various information concepts, we discover that they have different theoretical foundations that are almost incommensurable, some in the exact sciences, some in the life sciences, some in the social sciences and some in the humanities. Especially those from the natural sciences...
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Chapter 3Epistemology and the Study of Social Information Within the Perspective of a Unified Theory of Information

Hofkirchner, Wolfgang

Pages: 51 –69

[Within the framework of the Unified Theory of Information (UTI) developed by the present author, knowledge is a part of social information. More specifically, social information is defined as any information appearing in social, or human, systems.]
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Chapter 4Perception and Testimony as Data Providers

Floridi, Luciano

Pages: 71 –95

[This chapter addresses two questions. First, if knowledge is accounted information, how are we supposed (to apply this analysis in order) to understand perceptual knowledge and knowledge by testimony? In the first part of the chapter, I articulate an answer in terms of a re-interpretation of...
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Chapter 5Human Communication from the Semiotic Perspective

Nöth, Winfried

Pages: 97 –119

[Semiotics is the study of signs, sign systems, and sign processes. There are can be noncommunicative and noncommunicative sign processes. The paper focuses on sign processes which serve the purpose of communicating an addresser’s messages to an addressee. It examines the models and theories of...
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Chapter 6Mind the Gap: Transitions Between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

Robinson, Lyn; Bawden, David

Pages: 121 –141

[The concept of ‘information’ in five different realms – technological, physical, biological, social and philosophical – is briefly examined. The ‘gaps’ between these conceptions are discussed, and unifying frameworks of diverse nature, including those of Shannon/Wiener, Landauer, Stonier, Bates...
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Chapter 7Information Without Information Studies

Furner, Jonathan

Pages: 143 –179

[A method is suggested of conducting a meta-analysis of contributions to the literature on the nature of information—one that involves identification of authors’ ontological commitments. A framework is proposed for defining the range of ontological possibilities for things that have been called...
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Chapter 8Epistemological Challenges for Information Science: Constructing Information

Cornelius, Ian

Pages: 181 –203

[All disciplines must sustain their claims to be part of the general academic and intellectual enquiry. There must be objects or processes to investigate, a set of problems, and distinctive stances, theories, and methods. Successful disciplines gain general acceptance and recognition.]
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Chapter 9Information Science and Its Core Concepts: Levels of Disagreement

Hjørland, Birger

Pages: 205 –235

[One often encounters disagreements in information science (IS) (or library and information science, LIS), even disagreements about what might seem rather trivial questions. Such disagreements range from the designation of the field to questions such as whether IS is an academic discipline or...
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Chapter 10Visual Information Construing: Bistability as a Revealer of Mediating Patterns

Leleu-Merviel, Sylvie

Pages: 237 –265

[Positing that information is a process, this chapter brings together different concepts to describe the informational process, from difference (Bateson) and diaphora (Floridi) to pattern (Bates) through to aspects, viewpoints and outlooks (Mugur-Schächter). Examples of the visual experience of...

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