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Information and the understanding of objective knowledge: a phenomenological study

Yu, Liangzhi - In: Journal of Documentation 79 (2022) 3, pp. 683-702

Purpose This study aims to investigate how understanding of objective knowledge (as defined by Karl Popper) is … experienced by the knowledge recipient and the role that information plays in such understanding. Design …/methodology/approach Husserl's phenomenological approach is applied to a sample of undergraduate students' lived experiences of understanding …

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Knowledge and Knowing in Library and Information Science: A Philosophical Framework

Hjørland, Birger - In: Journal of Documentation 60 (2004) 1, pp. 94-96

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Popper, Otto Selz, and the Rise of Evolutionary Epistemology

Bawden, David - In: Journal of Documentation 60 (2004) 4, pp. 476-478

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Library and information science and the philosophy of science

Hjørland, Birger - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 1, pp. 5-10

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to introduce the special issue of Journal of Documentation about library and information science (LIS) and the philosophy of science. Design/methodology/approach – The most important earlier collected works about metatheories and philosophies of...

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Pragmatism, neo‐pragmatism and sociocultural theory : Communicative participation as a perspective in LIS

Sundin, Olof; Johannisson, Jenny - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 1, pp. 23-43

non‐dualist, both purpose and communication oriented, epistemology; and a sociocultural perspective within pedagogy …

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Empiricism, rationalism and positivism in library and information science

Hjørland, Birger - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 1, pp. 130-155

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the importance and influence of the epistemologies: “empiricism”, “rationalism” and “positivism” in library and information science (LIS). Design/methodology/approach – First, outlines the historical development of these...

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