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The computer and information sciences and the community of disciplines
Author(s) -
Gorn Saul
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830120602
Subject(s) - the arts , pragmatism , cybernetics , liberal arts education , sociology , information science , politics , section (typography) , information system , engineering ethics , social science , epistemology , computer science , political science , higher education , library science , engineering , philosophy , law , operating system
The author discusses the computer and information sciences, which he considers a new discipline. He considers how this new science has been affecting other sciences, arts, and professions. The approach is a philosophic attitude which the author calls cybernetic pragmatism, within which a model is given of the growth and interrelationship of information systems and the organizations which use them. The discussion concludes with a section on interdisciplinary politics and a reevaluation of liberal arts education.