Principles to philosophy of information

among an ontology or an epistemology of the subject

Abstract

The discussions and problems that arise in a developing area – Information Science is a case of it – lead to a theoretical and ‘philosophical’ task. In this context, as a primordial task, the foundations and principles that would ensure the work and the conceptual delimitation of the object apprehended by this science (Information Science) would be radically questioned. The goal of this article is to analyze two philosophical proposals about Information Science foundations; a comparison of two theoretical proposals about the object of Information Science: one ontological and another so-called an epistemological approach. This comparative plan will be based on the theoretical positions of Floridi and Frohmann (outlining what both proposes, as well as what would be defended by which one about an Philosophy of Information). Thus, guided by the theoretical-exploratory method of investigation, the research focuses on a qualitative literature review. The outcome intents a theoretical contribution, would consist of raising such a state of the art about fundamental research in this area. Finally, the considerations orbit the modus operandi that which one (Floridi and Frohmann) end up using for this type of theoretical project, as well as the conception of philosophy that motivates these researches.