Scientific Paradigm of Informatics as a Third Culture

• Published in: Scientific and technical information processing 2023-12, Vol.50 (4), p.246-258
• Main Author: Zatsman, I. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Classification; Computer Science; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Fragments; Informatics
• ISSN: 0147-6882; 1934-8118
• DOI: 10.3103/S0147688223040111

— The first results of the creation of the scientific paradigm of informatics, which unites a wide range of information and computer sciences, are described. The subject domain of informatics is considered within Paul Rosenbloom’s concept of polyadic computing. The main goal of this article is to construct fragments of the upper levels of two classifications of the entities of the subject domain of informatics as a third culture (along with the natural sciences and the humanities, which C.P. Snow referred to as the two cultures). In this way, a number of already known bases are used to construct three levels of classification of objects of the subject domain (the first classification) and two levels of classification of transformations of these objects (the second classification). Both classifications are planned to be used to create a scientific paradigm of informatics as the third culture. The proposed fragments of classifications are positioned as the initial stage of the process of formation of the whole paradigm. The context and prerequisites for the creation of the proposed paradigm are considered, along with how the first results of its formation can be useful today.