TY - GEN
T1 - The relationship of IT to IS
T2 - 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2006
AU - Hassan, Nik R.
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - This paper explores the philosophical questions surrounding the lack of clarity on information technology (IT) by the information systems (IS) field. It argues based on the historical origins of both terms for the IS field to position IT as the raison d'être for the IS field. Based on the technological foundations of the field, the IS field has a bright future, not as a pure or applied science, but as a technoscience, a method of inquiry that avoids the extremes of both rationalism and empiricism. As a technoscience, IS can be positioned like other "modern" natural and human sciences such as physics and psychology, but uniquely premised on technologies that carry structures of meaning for its interpreters.
AB - This paper explores the philosophical questions surrounding the lack of clarity on information technology (IT) by the information systems (IS) field. It argues based on the historical origins of both terms for the IS field to position IT as the raison d'être for the IS field. Based on the technological foundations of the field, the IS field has a bright future, not as a pure or applied science, but as a technoscience, a method of inquiry that avoids the extremes of both rationalism and empiricism. As a technoscience, IS can be positioned like other "modern" natural and human sciences such as physics and psychology, but uniquely premised on technologies that carry structures of meaning for its interpreters.
KW - Disciplinary foundations
KW - IT artifact
KW - Information theory
KW - Philosophy of IS and IT
KW - Technoscience
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870314100
SN - 9781604236262
T3 - Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006
SP - 3603
EP - 3609
BT - Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006
Y2 - 4 August 2006 through 6 August 2006
ER -