Epistemic values and information management

Don Fallis; Dennis Whitcomb

doi:10.1080/01972240902848831

Epistemic values and information management

Don Fallis
, Dennis Whitcomb

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Abstract

The philosophy of information is concerned with the nature, management, and use of information. Thus, it should be able to help us make better decisions about how to manage information (e.g., decisions about intellectual property laws, collection development policies, and Internet evaluation techniques). These decisions have knowledge acquisition as one of their principal goals. Thus, one way to improve these decisions is to clarify our epistemic values. In this article, we combine epistemology and decision analysis in an attempt to assist people in this important task.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	175-189
Number of pages	15
Journal	Information Society
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01972240902848831
State	Published - May 2009

Keywords

Applied epistemology
Decision analysis
Epistemic value
Information ethics
Information management
Information science
Knowledge acquisition
Knowledge management
Philosophy of information
Value hierarchy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management Information Systems
Cultural Studies
Information Systems
Political Science and International Relations

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