The Future of Information Architecture

The Future of Information Architecture

• Summary　--　要約

This books looks at the issues surrounding why information is processed, stored and applied in the way that it has, since time immemorial. Contrary to the conventional wisdom held by many scholars in human history, the recurrent debate on the explanation of the most basic categories of information (eg space, time causation, quality, quantity) has been misconstrued, to the efect that there exists some deeper categories and principles behind these categories of information - with enormous implications for our understanding of reality in general. To understand this, the book is organised in to four main parts: Part I begins with the vital question concerning the role of information within the context of the larger theoretical debate in the literature. Part II provides a critical examination of the nature of data taxonomy from the main perspectives of culture, society, nature and the mind. Part III constructively invesitgates the world of information network from the main perspectives of culture, society, nature and the mind. Part IV proposes six main theses in the author's synthetic theory of information architecture, namely, (a) the first thesis on the simpleness-complicatedness principle, (b) the second thesis on the exactness-vagueness principle (c) the third thesis on the slowness-quickness principle (d) the fourth thesis on the order-chaos principle, (e) the fifth thesis on the symmetry-asymmetry principle, and (f) the sixth thesis on the post-human stage. <http://chandospublishing.com/chandos_publishing_record_detail.php?ID=246>

• Part One: Introduction　--　The Role of Information Architecture　--　IAのルール

1. The Information Question　--　情報の課題
2. The Theoretical Debate　--　
3. The Synthetic Theory of Info Architecture
4. Theory and Meta-Theory
5. The Logic of Existential Dialectics
6. Sophisticated Methodological Holism
7. Chapter Outline　--　アウトライン
8. Three Notes of Caution

• Part Two: Taxonomy　--　Info Architecture and Taxonomy　--　IAと分類

1. The Nature of Taxonomy
2. Taxonomy and Nature
   1. Taxonomy and Chemistry
   2. Taxonomy and Micro-Physics
   3. Taxonomy and Micro-Physics(or Cosmology)
   4. Taxonomy and Biology(Animal)
3. Taxonomy and the Mind
   1. Taxonomy and Biology(Human)
   2. Taxonomy and Psychology
4. Taxonomy and Culture
   1. Taxonomy and Morality
   2. Taxonomy and Epistemology
   3. Taxonomy and Religion
   4. Taxonomy and Aesthetics
5. Taxonomy and Society
   1. Taxonomy and Social Organization
   2. Taxonomy and Social Institutions
   3. Taxonomy and Social Structure
   4. Taxonomy and Social Systems
6. The Challenge of Taxonomy
   1. Taxonomy and Ontological Principles
   2. A Coutions Note

• Part Three: Network　--　Info Architecture and Network　--　IAとネットワーク

1. The Impact of Network
2. Network and Nature
   1. Network and Chemistry
   2. Network and Micro-Physcis
   3. Network and Micro-Physcis(or Cosmology)
3. Network and the Mind
   1. Network and Psychology
   2. Network and Biology
4. Network and Culture
   1. Network and Morality
   2. Network and Religion
   3. Network and Aesthetics
5. Network and Society
   1. Network and Social Institutions
   2. Network and Social Structure
   3. Network and Social Systems
6. The Power of Network
   1. Network and Ontological Principles
   2. Some Words for Thought

• Part Four: Conclusion　--　The future of Information Architecture　--　IAの未来

1. The Information Answer
2. 1st Thesis The Simpleness-Complicadness Principle
3. 2nd Thesis The Preciseness-Vagueness Principle
4. 3rd Thesis The Slowness-Quickness Principle
5. 4th Thesis The Order-Chaos Principle
6. 5th Thesis The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle
7. 6th Thesis The Post-Human Stage
8. An Epilogue

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The Future of Information Architecture