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"How didst thou come beneath the murky darkness?": sense-making in light of the ancient Greeks and in the spirit of Hegel.
- Source :
- Journal of Documentation; 2023, Vol. 79 Issue 6, p1369-1379, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Purpose: This piece explores the philosophical origins of sense-making as defined in Brenda Dervin's methodology. Design/methodology/approach: This conceptual paper locates the origins of sense-making's rich ontological, epistemological and etymological heritage to the Classical Greece and the Pre-Socratic period. The Greek origins of sense-making's philosophical undercurrents surface again in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit before the idea is picked up again in twentieth century philosophy and library science. Findings: This is a conceptual paper and no empirical findings are presented. Originality/value: This paper makes an original contribution to the study of information seeking and to sense making theory and methodology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220418
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Documentation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173114715
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2022-0152