STODOLA, Jiří. The scope of the concept of information and the future of information science. Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, 2019, vol. 43, No 1, p. 73-98. ISSN 1846-3312. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31341/jios.43.1.5.
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Original name The scope of the concept of information and the future of information science
Name in Czech Rozsah pojmu informace a budoucnost informační vědy
Authors STODOLA, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, 2019, 1846-3312.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50803 Information science
Country of publisher Croatia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/19:00109995
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.31341/jios.43.1.5
UT WoS 000472601100006
Keywords in English concept of information; scope of the concept; information science; definitions; conceptual analysis
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The key concept of information science is the concept of information which is tied to a number of complications. The main problem is that there is no definition of this concept. The purpose of this article is an analysis of the concept of information from the position of classical logic. The main method of the article is a conceptual analysis. First, we briefly deal with the overview of the concepts of information, with concepts and their definition as such and with the scope of the concept of information. Then, we provide an analysis of 31 important definitions of the concept of information which were developed within the scope of information science and related fields, and we consider relations between the concept of information and the concepts in other disciplines. Conceptual analysis of the concept of information leads to the conclusion that information is probably a concept that somehow addresses the entire reality, thus that it is a term, which is in the classical logic described as transcendental. This fact, in the view of the fact that information science is a special field, seems to be a serious methodological problem. Problems associated with the broadness of the concept of information have three possible solutions: transformation of information science into the universal science, narrowing the concept of information to a special term, or replacement of the concept of information by a different one. At the end of the article,we briefly point out our solution to the problem.
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