Social epistemology, information science and ideology
Social Epistemology 16 (1):23 – 35 (2002)
| Abstract | Margaret Egan and Jesse Hauk Shera's original conception of social epistemology has never been defined unambiguously, or developed significantly beyond its early formulation. An interesting consequence of this lack of conceptual clarity has been the application of several interpretations of social epistemology. This article discusses how social epistemology was linked with the ideology of apartheid, and with racially segregated library and information services in the Republic of South Africa. In a fraudulent scientific vision for librarianship, social epistemology was assigned a role that violated its original purpose. The intellectual content of social epistemology needs to be articulated in order to prevent further examples of such conceptual abuse. The paper ends with an attempt to do this with some suggestions based on Shera's own seminal ideas. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,705 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesLuciano Floridi (2002). On Defining Library and Information Science as Applied Philosophy of Information. Social Epistemology 16 (1):37 – 49.
Alvin I. Goldman (1999). Knowledge in a Social World. Oxford University Press.
Don Fallis (2000). Veritistic Social Epistemology and Information Science. Social Epistemology 14 (4):305 – 316.
Don Fallis (2002). Introduction: Social Epistemology and Information Science. Social Epistemology 16 (1):1 – 4.
Ashley McDowell (2002). Trust and Information: The Role of Trust in the Social Epistemology of Information Science. Social Epistemology 16 (1):51 – 63.
John M. Budd (2002). Jesse Shera, Social Epistemology and Praxis. Social Epistemology 16 (1):93 – 98.
Jonathan Furner (2002). Shera's Social Epistemology Recast as Psychological Bibliology. Social Epistemology 16 (1):5 – 22.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads40 ( #28,914 of 549,196 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,397 of 549,196 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
