Vertical integration of sciences: an approach to a different view of knowledge organization

This paper attempts to explain ideas regarding the integration of sciences as a systemic unity of greater complexity than may have been considered before. It is also another way to create a different organization of knowledge. An ascending or descending vertical integration might help in interpretin...

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Published in:Journal of information science 2002-01, Vol.28 (5), p.397-405
Main Author: CURRAS, Emilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural change
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information processing and retrieval
Information science. Documentation
Knowledge management
Library science
Miscellaneous
Science
Sciences and techniques of general use
Studies
System theory
Vertical integration
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Summary:This paper attempts to explain ideas regarding the integration of sciences as a systemic unity of greater complexity than may have been considered before. It is also another way to create a different organization of knowledge. An ascending or descending vertical integration might help in interpreting questions posed by mankind and in providing answers that are urgently required. All aspects of the global ecology, in the widest sense, appear to be threatened, and the problems need to be freshly addressed as solutions are urgently needed. A study of the vertical integration of sciences, with all its complexity, might provide some clues to practical answers.
ISSN:0165-5515
1741-6485
DOI:10.1177/016555102401054885