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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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1992
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| author | Radford, Gary P. |
| author_facet | Radford, Gary P. Radford, Gary P. |
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| contents | Positivism, Foucault, and the Fantasia of the Library: Conceptions of Knowledge and the Modern Library Experience. Radford, Gary P. Libraries Library Role Philosophy Scientific Concepts Discusses theoretical conceptions of the library and suggests that modern conceptions are informed by a view of knowledge grounded in early twentieth-century positivism. The view of scientific knowledge developed by Michael Foucault is described, and possibilities for the creation of new knowledge are considered. (75 references) (LRW) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1992 |
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| spellingShingle | Positivism, Foucault, and the Fantasia of the Library: Conceptions of Knowledge and the Modern Library Experience. Radford, Gary P. Libraries Library Role Philosophy Scientific Concepts Positivism, Foucault, and the Fantasia of the Library: Conceptions of Knowledge and the Modern Library Experience. Radford, Gary P. Libraries Library Role Philosophy Scientific Concepts Discusses theoretical conceptions of the library and suggests that modern conceptions are informed by a view of knowledge grounded in early twentieth-century positivism. The view of scientific knowledge developed by Michael Foucault is described, and possibilities for the creation of new knowledge are considered. (75 references) (LRW) |
| title | Positivism, Foucault, and the Fantasia of the Library: Conceptions of Knowledge and the Modern Library Experience. |
| topic | Libraries Library Role Philosophy Scientific Concepts |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ454651 |