Library and Information Science within the context of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Epistemology, Methodology and Interdisciplinarity

UNDERLINING THE ROLE METHODOLOGY PLAYS IN JUSTIFYING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE, AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL REFLECTION IS MADE ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE PRESENTED. RELATIONS AMONG PHILOSOPHY, ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY, METHODOLOGY AND SCIENCE ARE ANALYS...

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Author: RENDÓN ROJAS, MIGUEL ÁNGEL
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2008
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Investigación Bibliotecológica: Archivonomía, Bibliotecología e Información
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4141
Online Access:http://rev-ib.unam.mx/ib/index.php/ib/article/view/4141
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Library Science Epistemology
Science
Methodology
Interdisciplinarity
EpistemologIa de la bibliotecología
Ciencia
metodología
Interdisciplina
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Summary:UNDERLINING THE ROLE METHODOLOGY PLAYS IN JUSTIFYING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE, AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL REFLECTION IS MADE ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE PRESENTED. RELATIONS AMONG PHILOSOPHY, ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY, METHODOLOGY AND SCIENCE ARE ANALYSED. THE SCIENTIFIC CHARACTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IS SHOWN, AND WITHIN THESE THAT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, WHOSE OBJECT OF STUDY IS OUTLINED, AND ITS MAIN CATEGORIES DEFINED. LASTLY, INTERDISCIPLINARITY IS DEFINED AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO LIBRARY SCIENCE DEMONSTRATED.