Mario Bunge's systemism as theoretical-methodological foundation for information science research

This paper aims at bringing Mario Bunge's theoretical contributions to the scientific enterprise into the realm of Information Science. The study is justified by the area's interdisciplinary nature and its constant need for interaction with other knowledge areas. It is a theoretical essay...

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Autores: Silva, Luciana Mara, Vianna, William Barbosa, Kern, Vinícius Medina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Em Questão (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/58347
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/58347
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Systemism. Mario Bunge. Scientific realism. Epistemology. Research methodology.
Sistemismo. Mario Bunge. Realismo científico. Epistemologia. Metodologia da pesquisa.
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Sumario:This paper aims at bringing Mario Bunge's theoretical contributions to the scientific enterprise into the realm of Information Science. The study is justified by the area's interdisciplinary nature and its constant need for interaction with other knowledge areas. It is a theoretical essay based on the analysis of information science concepts and on Bunge's systemism. We further extend the study with the application of fundamentals of systemism in two related studies, one descriptive, other explanatory, on institutional repositories, thus exemplifying research conduction under the fundamental epistemic operation in systemism: the reduction to the system.