Understanding Hegelianism

Sinnerbrink, Robert

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“…Dialectic logic was introduced by Kant as a way of consolidating different perspectives. In the Hegelian inquiring system, however, theses and anti‐theses are carried by different people with antagonistic interests (Churchman, ; Mason & Mitroff, ) and synthesis involves the development of a higher level of historical consciousness for all actors involved in the dialog (Sinnerbrink, ). Consequently, informing becomes part of the political and competitive scene and serves the interests of the information supplier (Sinnerbrink, ).…”

Section: Triangulation Kernel Theory and Meta‐requirementsmentioning

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“…In the Hegelian inquiring system, however, theses and anti‐theses are carried by different people with antagonistic interests (Churchman, ; Mason & Mitroff, ) and synthesis involves the development of a higher level of historical consciousness for all actors involved in the dialog (Sinnerbrink, ). Consequently, informing becomes part of the political and competitive scene and serves the interests of the information supplier (Sinnerbrink, ). As such, Hegelian dialectics provides concepts for interpreting human behavior and critically looking at the status quo (Gregor, ; Sinnerbrink, ).…”

Section: Triangulation Kernel Theory and Meta‐requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, informing becomes part of the political and competitive scene and serves the interests of the information supplier (Sinnerbrink, ). As such, Hegelian dialectics provides concepts for interpreting human behavior and critically looking at the status quo (Gregor, ; Sinnerbrink, ). In the Hegelian perspective “information masters” deliver biased representations depending on their interests (Wijnhoven, ).…”

Section: Triangulation Kernel Theory and Meta‐requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Internet information triangulation: Design theory and prototype evaluation

Wijnhoven

Brinkhuis

2014

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Many discussions exist regarding the credibility of information on the Internet. Similar discussions happen on the interpretation of social scientific research data, for which information triangulation has been proposed as a useful method. In this article, we explore a design theory-consisting of a kernel theory, metarequirements, and meta-designs-for software and services that triangulate Internet information. The kernel theory identifies 5 triangulation methods based on Churchman's inquiring systems theory and related meta-requirements. These meta-requirements are used to search for existing software and services that contain design features for Internet information triangulation tools. We discuss a prototyping study of the use of an information triangulator among 72 college students and how their use contributes to their opinion formation. From these findings, we conclude that triangulation tools can contribute to opinion formation by information consumers, especially when the tool is not a mere fact checker but includes the search and delivery of alternative views. Finally, we discuss other empirical propositions and design propositions for an agenda for triangulator developers and researchers. In particular, we propose investment in theory triangulation, that is, tools to automatically detect ethically and theoretically alternative information and views.

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Section: Triangulation Kernel Theory and Meta‐requirementsmentioning

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Section: Triangulation Kernel Theory and Meta‐requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Triangulation Kernel Theory and Meta‐requirementsmentioning

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Internet information triangulation: Design theory and prototype evaluation

Wijnhoven

Brinkhuis

2014

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“…• The Hegelian paradigm developed by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) [18], [24] evaluates information by its historical context and sees information as representation of conflicting interests that can be synthesized by dialect logic. As such Hegelian dialects gives concepts for interpreting human behavior and critically looking at the status quo, and as such is a foundation for interpretive [11] and critical [31] explanatory insights.…”

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Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research

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Dietz

Amrit

2012

ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society

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Abstract. Information technology is powered by electricity. Although its impact on Green House Gasses (GHG) is still rather limited, the next decade will show an explosion of its impact because technological innovations on data communication, information retrieval and datacenter operation will not compensate the increased need for energy of information technology. This paper approaches the problem not from a technical perspective, but from the perspective of information value and the opportunities to detect and remove information waste. For this we identify several indicators of information waste and we then propose some key ideas for researching the topic.

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“…This research can appropriately couple with work in the design sciences to consider how systems that empower critical inquiry and the sharing of multiple perspectives may be best created and deployed (Walls, Widmeyer, & El Sawy, ; Wijnhoven, ). Our focus lies on refining and evaluating these and other processes that empower the sharing of multiple perceptions and perspectives, acknowledging the social construction of reality and knowledge (Berger & Luckmann, ; Sinnerbrink, ; Wijnhoven, ; Wijnhoven, Schuur, & Timmer, ).…”

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Information and ontologies: Challenges in scaling knowledge for development

Seddon¹,

Srinivasan

2014

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This article calls for a conceptual and empirical research agenda on ways in which policymakers and researchers can aggregate socioeconomic information shared by diverse communities without losing contextual information that is important for extracting meaning from the data. We describe the knowledge loss that occurs when information is aggregated across diverse ontologies into databases or archives relying on a single schema and use a series of illustrative examples demonstrate the significance of this information loss for policy design and implementation. While there are important gains from information aggregation across ontologies, the potential trade-offs involved in creating large-scale databases are significant. The differences between locally constituted ways of knowing and the organizing ontology used for larger scale databases affects the extent to which these collections, or "knowledge banks," provide accurate guidance for policy and action. The article draws on insights from information science and social science to discuss two classes of sociotechnical approaches for overcoming information loss at the interface between ontologies: first, technologyenabled efforts to soften ontological interfaces by making data open, unconstructed, and available and/or creating ontologies collaboratively and, second, organizational changes that reduce the need for information to cross interfaces, such as reconstructing knowledge platforms to be more interactive, thereby decentralizing decision-making. The framing of the challenges involved in building large-scale knowledge banks as a matter of ontology mismatch creates an opportunity for an interdisciplinary and analytically integrated research agenda to implement and test these potential approaches.

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Understanding Hegelianism

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Internet information triangulation: Design theory and prototype evaluation

Internet information triangulation: Design theory and prototype evaluation

Information Waste, the Environment and Human Action: Concepts and Research

Information and ontologies: Challenges in scaling knowledge for development

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