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A Human Information Behavior Approach to a Philosophy of Information

Spink, Amanda; Cole, Charles

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/1690

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Title
A Human Information Behavior Approach to a Philosophy of Information
Author(s)
  • Spink, Amanda
  • Cole, Charles
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
  • Philosophy of information
  • Library science --Philosophy
  • Information science --Philosophy
Abstract
This paper outlines the relation between philosophy of information (PI) and human information behavior (HIB). In this paper, we first briefly outline the basic constructs and approaches of PI and HIB. We argue that a strong relation exists between PI and HIB, as both are exploring the concept of information and premise information as a fundamental concept basic to human existence. We then exemplify that a heuristic approach to PI integrates the HIB view of information as a cognitive human- initiated process by presenting a specific cognitive architecture for information initiation based on modular notion from HIB/evolutionary psychology and the vacuum mechanism from PI.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1690
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Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2004.

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Library Trends 52 (3) Winter 2004: The Philosophy of Information PRIMARY
Library Trends 52 (3) Winter 2004: The Philosophy of Information. Edited by Ken Herold.