Towards Reconceptualizing the Core of the IS Field from a Neurobiological Perspective

Lars Taxén ()
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Lars Taxén: Linköping University

A chapter in Information Systems and Neuroscience, 2018, pp 201-209 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The IS discipline has so far been unable to define the meaning of its foundational concepts “information” and “system”. As a consequence, the core of the IS field and its relation to the IT artifact, materiality, organization, and so on, are extensively discussed without reaching closure. To this end, this paper proposes a set of conceptual stepping stones towards reconsidering the core of the IS field from a neurobiological perspective. The analysis suggests that information can be defined as intrinsically related to individual, neural abilities for acting; and system as a dialectical relation between the individual and the IT artifact. As a consequence, information system is seen as having both an individual and social facet. These results indicate that a neurobiological perspective may open up new avenues for revitalizing the IS field.

Keywords: Information; System; Activity modalities; Functional systems; Neurobiology; Anokhin; Vygotsky; Luria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67431-5_23

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