popper & kms © craig mcdonald 2005 a theoretical framework for kms
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Popper & KMS
© Craig McDonald 2005
A Theoretical framework for KMS
Popper & KMS
© Craig McDonald 2005
"There is nothing as practical as a good theory" Kurt Lewin
There are many ideas about the use of concepts like data, information, knowledge, communication, etc.
The ideas of Karl Popper give KMS a framework that allows these concepts to be used in a coherent way.
Theoretical framework for KMS
Popper & KMS
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World 2:Cognition
World 3:Information
World 1:Objects and Events
Popper’s 3 Worlds
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Cognitive World Information
World
World 1:Objects and Events
Action
Interactions
Conception
Perception
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Cognitive World Information
World
World 1:Objects and Events
Action
writing
reading
Interactions
Conception
Perception
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Cognitive World Information
World
Physical World
Concepts Symbols
referent
'Meaning Triangle'
Action
writing
reading
Perception
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Cognitive World Information
World
Physical World
Mind A
Messagesymbol
referent
Communication, Reference
Mind B
referent
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Cognitive World Information
World
Mind A
referent
Mind B
referent
Document / Message statementssymbol
World 3 Structure - Statements
Physical World
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Cognitive World Information
World
Mind A
referent
Mind B
referent
World 3 Structure - Ontologies
Statements (in documents)
ontologies (‘Meta-documents’
(indexes etc ...)
Physical World
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Cognitive World Information
World
referent
World 3 Structure - Data
"Value of an attribute of an object"
Meta-Data
Data
Statements (in documents)
ontologies
Physical World
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Cognitive World Information
World
referent
“ExecutableStatements”
World 3 Structure - Knowledge
RepresentedKnowledge
"Value of an attribute of an object"
Data
Statements (in documents)
Meta-Data
ontologies
Physical World
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Cognitive World Information
World
referent
World 3 Structure - Knowledge
Knowledge
Data
ActiveKnowledge
RepresentedKnowledge
Statements (in documents)
Meta-Data
ontologies
Physical World
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Cognitive World Information
World
referent
What KMS ought to do …
USER
Data
Statements (in documents)
Organise a World 3 domain and Focus it on the User !
RepresentedKnowledge
ontologies
Physical World
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'Documents'
InformationWorld
Library
Information System
Teaching
(CSU)
( AusVit DSS)
(Viticulture Course)
'Ontologies' USER
User's Vineyard
Cognitive World
An Example …
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Concept Comparison
446
1
49223
1730
148
University Course
Information System
Library
Count of Concepts Extracted from Ontologies:
Where is the Domain focus ?
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technology
effects systems construction
used in
a specificknowledge domain
Information Systems as part of the Problem ?
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technology
modelling techniques
views systems modelling
effects systems construction
used in
used in
specifies
a specificknowledge domain
Information Systems as part of the Problem ?
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Information Systems as part of the Problem ?
Where do Modelling Techniques come from ?
technology
modelling techniques
views systems modelling
effects systems construction
used in
used in
specifies
a specificknowledge domain
Ontological theory
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Summary
We have used Popper’s 3 World’s Model
To integrate Informatics Themes &
To argue that the KM discipline, and profession should recognise that its
FOUNDATION is in an holistic understanding of World 3,
VALUE to the universe is in formalising and managing World 3 &
FOCUS is on a person taking more knowledgeable action.