This book is an extension of the discussions presented in Blaira
(TM)s 1990 book Language and Representation in Information
Retrieval, which was selected as the "Best Information Science Book
of the Year" by the American Society for Information Science
(ASIS). That work stated that the Philosophy of Language had the
best theory for understanding meaning in language, and within the
Philosophy of Language, the work of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein
was found to be most perceptive. The success of that book provided
an incentive to look more deeply into Wittgensteina (TM)s
philosophy of language, and how it can help us to understand how to
represent the intellectual content of information. This is what the
current title does, and by using this theory it creates a firm
foundation for future Information Retrieval research.
The work consists of four related parts. Firstly, a brief
overview of Wittgensteina (TM)s philosophy of language and its
relevance to information systems. Secondly, a detailed explanation
of Wittgensteina (TM)s late philosophy of language and mind.
Thirdly, an extended discussion of the relevance of his philosophy
to understanding some of the problems inherent in information
systems, especially those systems which rely on retrieval based on
some representation of the intellectual content of that
information. And, fourthly, a series of detailed footnotes which
cite the sources of the numerous quotations and provide some
discussion of the related issues that the text inspires.
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