First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Essays on Language, Mind and Matter 1919-26 (COLLECTED PAPERS OF BERTRAND RUSSELL)

Slater, John G.

Frohmann, Bernd

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Unwin Hyman

Is disseminating information the main purpose of scholarly scientific literature? Recent work in science studies signals a shift of emphasis from conceptual to material sources, from thinking to doing, and from representing the world to intervening in it. Scientific knowledge production is no longer seen as a process of seeking, collecting, organizing, and processing abstract elements, but instead one of assembling the many different material 'bits and pieces' of scientific culture in order to make things work.
In Deflating Information, Bernd Frohmann draws on recent work in the social studies of science, finding the most significant material in the coordination of research work, the stabilization of matters of fact, and the manufacture of objectivity. Arguing for a 'deflationary' account of information, Frohmann challenges the central concept of information studies, thereby laying a foundation for a documentalist approach to emerging issues in the field.

Deflating Information: From Science Studies to Documentation

University of Toronto Press

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Essays on Language, Mind and Matter 1919-26 (COLLECTED PAPERS OF BERTRAND RUSSELL)

Deflating Information: From Science Studies to Documentation