An experiment in dialectic information systems

John A. Nelson and Ian I. Mitroff

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974, vol. 25, issue 4, 252-262

Abstract: This paper describes an experiment concerned with the investigation of presentation formats for Dialectic Information Systems (DIS). DIS are information systems which generate information for a decision maker by means of intense conflict between proponents of two radically opposing positions, theories, points of view, etc. In a DIS, information is generated through the confrontation between “data” and the world‐views (Weltanschauungen) of opposing experts. The particular DIS experiment under discussion investigates the effects of explicit DIS training on an individual's world‐view. The perception of drama and emotion, the structure of syntehsizing contexts, and the ability to “think” dialectically are also discussed as important features of the particular experiment.

Date: 1974
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