02737nam 2200601Ia 450 991045003290332120200520144314.01-280-50843-497866105084331-84544-252-0(CKB)1000000000032639(EBL)233854(OCoLC)171128920(SSID)ssj0000674031(PQKBManifestationID)11464090(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000674031(PQKBWorkID)10661838(PQKB)10878252(MiAaPQ)EBC233854(Au-PeEL)EBL233854(CaPaEBR)ebr10085677(CaONFJC)MIL50843(OCoLC)133165937(EXLCZ)99100000000003263920000815d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLibrary and information science and the philosophy of science[electronic resource] /guest editor: Birger HjorlandBradford, England Emerald Group Publishingc20051 online resource (164 p.)Journal of documentation ;v. 61, no. 1Description based upon print version of record.1-84544-090-0 CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Library and information science and the philosophy of science; Critical realism as a philosophy and social theory in information science?; Pragmatism, neo-pragmatism and sociocultural theory; Phenomenology and information studies; Structuralism, post-structuralism, and the library: de Saussure and Foucault; "Isms" in information science: constructivism, collectivism and constructionism; Hermeneutics as a bridge between the modern and the postmodern in library and information science; On Grounded Theory - with some maliceEmpiricism, rationalism and positivism in library and information scienceComments on the articles and proposals for further workThis e-book is concerned with metatheories in Library and Information Science (LIS) and especially with the philosophy of science of LIS. Metatheories are theories about the description, investigation, analysis or criticism of the theories in a domain.Information sciencePhilosophyLibrary sciencePhilosophyElectronic books.Information sciencePhilosophy.Library sciencePhilosophy.025Hjørland Birger869615MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450032903321Library and information science and the philosophy of science1941582UNINA