Cybersemiotics and the problems of the information-processing paradigm as a candidate for a unified science of information behind library information science (1).

From: Library Trends | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

AS AN ANSWER TO THE HUMANISTIC, SOCIALLY ORIENTED CRITIQUE of the information-processing paradigms used as a conceptual frame for library information science, this article formulates a broader and less objective concept of communication than that of the information-processing paradigm. Knowledge can be seen as the mental phenomenon that documents (combining signs into text, depending on the state of knowledge of the recipient) can cause through interpretation. The examination of these "correct circumstances" is an important part of information science. This article ...

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