Organised complexity, meaning and understanding: An approach to a unified view of information for information science

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 307-327

  Bawden, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology; Information science; Information theory; Physics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

HIRST'S EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY; KVANVIG'S CONCEPT; POPPERIAN ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 34548495538     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530710817546     Document Type: Article

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