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conceiving a better way to understand taxonomy, network, and intelligence
The Future of Information Architecture examines issues surrounding why information is processed, stored and applied in the way that it has, since time immemorial. Contrary to the conventional wisdom held by many scholars in human history, the recurrent debate on the explanation of the most basic categories of information (eg space, time causation, quality, quantity) has been misconstrued, to the effect that there exists some deeper categories and principles behind these categories of information - with enormous implications for our understanding of reality in general. To understand this, the book is organised in to four main parts: Part I begins with the vital question concerning the role of information within the context of the larger theoretical debate in the literature. Part II provides a critical examination of the nature of data taxonomy from the main perspectives of culture, society, nature and the mind. Part III constructively invesitgates the world of information network from the main perspectives of culture, society, nature and the mind. Part IV proposes six main theses in the authors synthetic theory of information architecture, namely, (a) the first thesis on the simpleness-complicatedness principle, (b) the second thesis on the exactness-vagueness principle (c) the third thesis on the slowness-quickness principle (d) the fourth thesis on the order-chaos principle, (e) the fifth thesis on the symmetry-asymmetry principle, and (f) the sixth thesis on the post-human stage.
Cover; The Future of InformationArchitecture:Conceiving a Better Way toUnderstand Taxonomy, Network,and Intelligence; Copyright; Dedication; BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU; CONTENTS; TABLES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE Introduction; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION-THE ROLEOF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE; The Information Question; The Theoretical Debate; The Synthetic Theory of Information Architecture; Theory and Meta-Theory; The Logic of Existential Dialectics; Sophisticated Methodological Holism; Chapter Outline; Three Notes of Caution; PART TWO Taxonomy
CHAPTER 2INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND TAXONOMYThe Nature of Taxonomy; Taxonomy and Nature; Taxonomy and the Mind; Taxonomy and Culture; Taxonomy and Society; The Challenge of Taxonomy; PART THREE Network; CHAPTER 3INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORK; The Impact of Network; Network and Nature; Network and the Mind; Network and Culture; Network and Society; The Power of Network; PART FOUR Conclusion; CHAPTER 4CONCLUSION-THE FUTURE OF INFORMATIONARCHITECTURE; The Information Answer; 1st Thesis:The Simpleness-Complicatedness Principle; 2nd Thesis:The Preciseness-Vagueness Principle
3rd Thesis:The Slowness-Quickness Principle4th Thesis:The Order-Chaos Principle; 5th Thesis:The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle; 6th Thesis:The Post-Human Stage; An Epilogue; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Information storage and retrieval systems
classification (information handling function)