The concept of information as recorded knowledge
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Aristotle´'s Theory of Hylomorphism, information concept, recorded knowledge, Schrader's research, social epistemologyAbstract
The term 'information' has a varied semantics in Information Science, and for this reason it is complex to understand that this new science does not have a meaning consistency about the conceptualization of its own object of study, i.e., 'information'. A bibliographic survey on this theme results in countless number of concepts for Information Science, a few of them coherent, while others are meaningless. Further in - depth investigation of consistent information concepts for Information Science is needed. The discipline of Social Epistemology as the foundation of information as recorded knowledge; moreover, additional studies are required to comprehend how recorded knowledge is produced by the collective. It is proposed that a concept of information relevant for Information Science to be justified by Popper's Epistemology, Aristotle's metaphysics and Schrader's research. It is concluded that "Information is recorded knowledge", whose meaningful content is obtained from writing and reading processesDownloads
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