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Toward a New Science of Information

Authors
  • D Doucette
  • R Bichler
  • W Hofkirchner
  • C Raff

Abstract

The concept of information has become a crucial topic in several emerging scientific disciplines, as well as in organizations, in companies and in everyday life. Hence it is legitimate to speak of the so-called information society; but a scientific understanding of the Information Age has not had time to develop. Following this evolution we face the need of a new transdisciplinary understanding of information, encompassing many academic disciplines and new fields of interest. Therefore a Science of Information is required. The goal of this paper is to discuss the aims, the scope, and the tools of a Science of Information. Furthermore we describe the new Science of Information Institute (SOII), which will be established as an international and transdisciplinary organization that takes into consideration a larger perspective of information.
Year: 2007
Volume 6
Page/Article: S198-S205
DOI: 10.2481/dsj.6.S198
Published on Apr 26, 2007
Peer Reviewed