Open AccessLa ciencia de la información y su objeto de estudio: problemas históricos y conceptuales
Author(s) -
Ignacio Saraiva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
página4saandb/páginas a and b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2183-6671
pISSN - 0873-5670
DOI - 10.21747/21836671/pag16a1
Subject(s) - object (grammar) , discipline , epistemology , consolidation (business) , perspective (graphical) , humanities , philosophy , philosophy of science , sociology , social science , computer science , linguistics , accounting , artificial intelligence , business
A historical review of information science in the second half of the 20thcentury is carried out. It is identified that, historically, there has been an attempt to specify what is its objectof study. The objective is to make explicit that it has been accepted as valid to determine an object for the discipline as an essential element for its scientificity. A bibliographic analysis is carried out, which allows us to examine the history of the discipline and study various theoretical contributions. It is observed that several of the discussions respond to the need to establish limits with respect to the different areas. The characteristics of Thomas Kuhn's philosophy are exposed, which offer another perspective regarding disciplinary consolidation which do not refer to the search for an object of study. It is concluded that the search for an object of study does not contribute or impact on the improvement of its scientific claims.