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| Language: | en |
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1981
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- The Dialogue of Metaphysics and Empirics: Librarianship as Platonic and Aristotelian. Bergen, Dan Educational Theories Information Services Information Theory Library Science Models Philosophy Position Papers Arguing that most writing on library and information service is empirical or devoted to reporting what happened, this paper attempts to promote conversation between the empiricists and the idealists or metaphysicians of library and information studies. The paper includes the following sections: (1) Professor Peter Kien and the Metaphysical Course of the Theory of Librarianship; (2) The History of Theory; (3) The Inevitable Materiality of Theory; (4) The General Domain of a Materialized Theory of Librarianship; (5) Contemporary Theory of Librarianship; (6) The Chicago School: A Small Eddy in the Stream; (7) The Infrastructure of a Theory of Librarianship; (8) The Materialization of Mind; (9) Mathematics and the Abandonment of the Form-Matter Distinction; (10) Non-Metaphysical Directions for the Theory of Librarianship; (11) De-Mystifying the "Certainty" of Metaphysical Theory; (12) Beyond the Platonic Captivity; (13) The Form of a New Theory of Librarianship; (14) The Struggle To Falsify Theory; (15) The Severe Difficulty of Falisfication; (16) What a Theory of Librarianship Should Not Resemble; (17) The Construction of Knowledge in Librarianship; (18) Facts Requeathed by Theory; (19) Pluralism's Impact on the Theory of Librarianship; (20) Deriving a Problematic "Ought" from a Questionable "Is"; and (21) The Form of a Theory of Librarianship: The Major Themes. Sixty notes and references are provided. (THC)