Information Cultures in the Digital Age : A Festschrift in Honor of Rafael Capurro

For several decades Rafael Capurro has been at the forefront of defining the relationship between information and modernity through both phenomenological and ethical formulations. In exploring both of these themes Capurro has re-vivified the transcultural and intercultural expressions of how we bring an understanding of information to bear on scientific knowledge production and intermediation. Capurro has long stressed the need to look deeply into how we contextualize the information problems that scientific society creates for us and to re-incorporate a pragmatic dimension into our response that provides a balance to the cognitive turn in information science. With contributions from 35 scholars from 15 countries, Information Cultures in the Digital Age focuses on the culture and philosophy of information, information ethics, the relationship of information to message, the historic and semiotic understanding of information, the relationship of information to power and the future of information education. This Festschrift seeks to celebrate Rafael Capurro's important contribution to a global dialogue on how information conceptualisation, use and technology impact human culture and the ethical questions that arise from this dynamic relationship. The Editors Matthew Kelly is a scholar at Curtin University's Department of Information Studies and at the International Institute for Hermeneutics. Jared Bielby currently serves as Co-Chair for the International Center for Information Ethics and editor for the International Review of Information Ethics Contents 5 Contributors 8 Foreword 15 1 Information Cultures in the Digital Age: A Festschrift in Honor of Rafael Capurro 17 References 43 I Culture and Philosophy of Information 45 2 Super-Science, Fundamental Dimension, Way of Being: Library and Information Science in an Age of Messages 46 References 55 3 The “Naturalization” of the Philosophy of Rafael Capurro: Logic, Information and Ethics 59 1 Naturalization: Strategy and Method 60 2 Stephane Lupasco and the Dynamic Logic of Reality 61 2.1 The Logic of Lupasco and Logic in Reality (LIR) 61 2.2 The Logic and Ontology of C. S. Peirce 62 2.3 Man and His Three Ethics 62 2.4 Self and Other 64 3 Positioning Capurro as a Philosopher 65 3.1 Postmodernism, Post-Postmodernism and Science 66 3.2 Speculative Realism: “Ends” 66 3.3 The Capurro Realism 67 3.4 The Hermeneutic Circle: Figure and Ground 67 3.5 Science 68 3.6 Time 69 4 Ethics and Information, Digital Ontology and the Philosophy of Information 70 4.1 Identity, Invariance and Information Theory 70 4.2 Capurro’s Approach to Information 71 4.3 Ethics and Information Ethics 71 4.4 Digital Ontology and Digital Casting 72 4.5 The Philosophy and Metaphilosophy of Information 74 5 Angeletics 74 5.1 The Move to Angeletics 74 5.2 The Angeletic Spiral 75 6 Conclusion 76 References 76 4 Turing’s Cyberworld 79 References 94 5 Hermeneutics and Information Science: The Ongoing Journey From Simple Objective Interpretation to Understanding Data as a Form of Disclosure 96 References 121 6 The Epistemological Maturity of Information Science and the Debate Around Paradigms 124 1 The Scientificity, Paradigms and Evolution of a Disciplinary Field 124 2 The positions of Izquierdo Arroyo and Capurro 126 3 The paradigms in IS: an alternative proposal 130 3.1 The historicist, custodial, patrimonial and technical paradigm 131 3.2 The post-custodial, informational and scientific paradigm 133 References 136 7 A Methodology for Studying Knowledge Creation in Organizational Settings: A Phenomenological Viewpoint 138 References 153 8 The Significance of Digital Hermeneutics for the Philosophy of Technology 156 References 168 II Information Ethics 171 9 Reconciling Social Responsibility and Neutrality in LIS Professional Ethics: A Virtue Ethics Approach 172 References 182 10 Information Ethics in the Age of Digital Labour and the Surveillance-Industrial Complex 184 References 200 11 Intercultural Information Ethics: A Pragmatic Consideration 202 References 216 12 Ethics of European Institutions as Normative Foundation of Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT 218 References 229 III From Information to Message 231 13 Raphael’s School of Athens From the Perspective of Angeletics 232 References 253 14 Understanding the Pulse of Existence: An Examination of Capurro’s Angeletics 255 References 259 15 The Demon in the Gap of Language: Capurro, Ethics and Language in Divided Germany 261 1 Initial Remarks: Eudemonism, Ethics and Information in Divided Germany 262 2 Hermes, Message and Ethics: Culture and Happiness in the Course of Hermeneutics 264 3 The “Falling Angels of Rafael Capurro”: Angeletics and the Philosophy of Information as “Hagiography of What is Symbolic” 270 4 About the “Ethics of Fallen Angels”: Rafael Capurro Abroad 271 5 Final Remarks: What Demons Move us in the World of Information? 274 References 275 IV Historic and Semiotic Themes 277 16 General Intellect, Communication and Contemporary Media Theory 278 References 292 17 “Data”: The data 294 1 The Nine Lives of “Data” 296 1.1 The Classical Interpretation: Data as Gifts (ca. 100 BCE–) 297 1.2 The Documentary Interpretation: Data as Metadata (ca. 100 BCE–) 298 1.3 The Ecclesiastical Interpretation: Data as Gifts of God (ca. 1614–) 299 1.4 The Geometric Interpretation: Data as Geometric Premises (ca. 1645–) 300 1.5 The Mathematical Interpretation: Data as Mathematical Premises (ca. 1704–) 301 1.6 The Epistemic Interpretation: Data as Evidence (ca. 1648–) 301 1.7 The Informational Interpretation: Data as Attribute-Values (ca. 1630–) 302 1.8 The Computational Interpretation: Data as Bits (ca. 1980–) 305 1.9 The Diaphoric Interpretation: Data as Differences (ca. 2000–) 305 2 “Data” vs. “Document” 306 3 Conclusion 310 References 311 18 On the Pre-History of Library Ethics: Documents and Legitimacy 314 References 326 19 Ethico-Philosophical Reflection on Overly Self-Confident or Even Arrogant Humanism Applied to a Possible History-oriented Rationality of the Library and Librarianship 327 References 343 V Resisting Informational Hegemony 345 20 Culture Clash or Transformation? Some Thoughts Concerning the Onslaught of Market Economy on the Internet and its Retaliation 346 References 362 21 Magicians and Guerrillas: Transforming Time and Space 364 1 Preface 365 2 Where’s Home? 368 3 Is a Moral Code and Ethics Relevant or Possible in Cyberspace? 369 4 Honesty, Secrecy and Openness, Delusions and Self-deception 373 References 374 22 Gramsci, Golem, Google: A Marxist Dialog with Rafael Capurro’s Intercultural Information Ethics 377 References 386 23 From Culture Industry to Information Society: How Horkheimer and Adorno’s Conception of the Culture Industry Can Help Us Examine Information Overload in the Capitalist Information Society 388 References 399 VI Futures: Information Education 400 24 Ethical and Legal Use of Information by University Students: The Core Content of a Training Program 401 References 413 25 Reflections on Rafael Capurro’s Thoughts in Education and Research of Information Science in Brazil 415 1 Reflecting on Capurro’s Presence and Influence in Brazil 415 2 Rafael Capurro`s Main Ideas and Theories 417 3 Capurro`s Presence and Influence in Post-Graduate Programs and Research Groups 419 4 Capurro ́s Works: Citations at the National Meeting of Research in Information Science 421 5 Some Reflections About the Reflexivity of Capurro’s Thought in Brazil 426 References 427 26 Content Selection in Undergraduate LIS Education 428 References 450 27 The Train Has Left the Station: Chronicles of the African Network for Information Ethics and the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics 455 References 466 Index 468 Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII Information Cultures in the Digital Age: A Festschrift in Honor of Rafael Capurro....Pages 1-28 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Super-Science, Fundamental Dimension, Way of Being: Library and Information Science in an Age of Messages....Pages 31-43 The “Naturalization” of the Philosophy of Rafael Capurro: Logic, Information and Ethics....Pages 45-64 Turing’s Cyberworld....Pages 65-81 Hermeneutics and Information Science: The Ongoing Journey From Simple Objective Interpretation to Understanding Data as a Form of Disclosure....Pages 83-110 The Epistemological Maturity of Information Science and the Debate Around Paradigms....Pages 111-124 A Methodology for Studying Knowledge Creation in Organizational Settings: A Phenomenological Viewpoint....Pages 125-142 The Significance of Digital Hermeneutics for the Philosophy of Technology....Pages 143-157 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Reconciling Social Responsibility and Neutrality in LIS Professional Ethics: A Virtue Ethics Approach....Pages 161-172 Information Ethics in the Age of Digital Labour and the Surveillance-Industrial Complex....Pages 173-190 Intercultural Information Ethics: A Pragmatic Consideration....Pages 191-206 Ethics of European Institutions as Normative Foundation of Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT....Pages 207-219 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 Raphael’s School of Athens From the Perspective of Angeletics....Pages 223-245 Understanding the Pulse of Existence: An Examination of Capurro’s Angeletics....Pages 247-252 The Demon in the Gap of Language: Capurro, Ethics and Language in Divided Germany....Pages 253-268 Front Matter....Pages 269-269 General Intellect, Communication and Contemporary Media Theory....Pages 271-286 “Data”: The data....Pages 287-306 On the Pre-History of Library Ethics: Documents and Legitimacy....Pages 307-319 Ethico-Philosophical Reflection on Overly Self-Confident or Even Arrogant Humanism Applied to a Possible History-oriented Rationality of the Library and Librarianship....Pages 321-338 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Culture Clash or Transformation? Some Thoughts Concerning the Onslaught of Market Economy on the Internet and its Retaliation....Pages 341-358 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Magicians and Guerrillas: Transforming Time and Space....Pages 359-371 Gramsci, Golem, Google: A Marxist Dialog with Rafael Capurro’s Intercultural Information Ethics....Pages 373-383 From Culture Industry to Information Society: How Horkheimer and Adorno’s Conception of the Culture Industry Can Help Us Examine Information Overload in the Capitalist Information Society....Pages 385-396 Front Matter....Pages 397-397 Ethical and Legal Use of Information by University Students: The Core Content of a Training Program....Pages 399-412 Reflections on Rafael Capurro’s Thoughts in Education and Research of Information Science in Brazil....Pages 413-425 Content Selection in Undergraduate LIS Education....Pages 427-453 The Train Has Left the Station: Chronicles of the African Network for Information Ethics and the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics....Pages 455-467 Back Matter....Pages 469-479