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Main Author: Radford, Gary P.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ454651
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  • 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)