Abstract

BRAGA, Antonio Saturnino. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2013, vol.27, n.54, pp.453-475. ISSN 1982-596X.

In two papers dedicated to the discussion of the conceptual foundation for library science, Luciano Floridi distinguishes three possible meanings of the concept of social epistemology: sociology of knowledge (of descriptive nature), classic approach to the philosophical theory of social knowledge (defined as knowledge which involves epistemic relations between many individuals) and revolutionary (constructivist) approach to this last kind of theory. Floridi seeks to demonstrate that neither the sociology of knowledge nor the philosophical theories of knowledge are adequate for the role of conceptual foundation of library science, defending the thesis that this role should be played by a “philosophy of information”. The essential aim of this paper is to show that Floridi’s argument concerning the prescriptive character of the philosophical theory of knowledge can be adequately answered by a habermasian interpretation of the constructivist approach to this kind of theory.

Keywords : Philosophy and Library Science; Social Epistemology; Floridi; Habermas.

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