---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Information Systems Frontiers vol 3 Number 2 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:04:18 -0400 From: "Prof. H. R. Rao" mgmtrao@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

Dear Colleagues: Some of yu may be interested in the recently published Vol 3, Number 2 of Information Systems Frontiers (http://www.som.buffalo.edu/isinterface/ISFrontiers/ ) a 'Special Issue on Philosophical Reasoning in Information Systems Research'

Guest editors C. West Churchman (Advisory Editor), James Courtney and G. Lawrence Sanders have put together a fascinating set of articles, from all over the globe, ranging from feminist philosophy and information systems to the semantics of information and inquiring systems

Best regards and have a great summer or winter as the case may be. Raghav Rao P.S. A list of articles follows:

1. Introduction to Second Special Issue on Philosophical Reasoning in Information Systems Research C. West Churchman, University of California at Berkeley James F. Courtney, University of Central Florida G. Lawrence Sanders, State University of New York at Buffalo 2. Feminist Philosophy and Information Systems Alison Adam and Helen Richardson, University of Salford 3. Some Observations on the Semantics of Information Julian Newman, Glasgow Caledonian University 4. Understanding the Philosophical Underpinnings of Software Engineering Research in Information Systems Dawn G. Gregg, Arizona State University West Uday R. Kulkarni and Ajay S. VinzÊ, Arizona State University 5. A Philosophy of Information Technology and Systems (IT & S) as Tools: Tool Development Context, Associated Skills and the Global Technology Transfer (GTT) Process Deborah Bunker, University of New South Wales 6. The Philosophy of Critical Realism an Opportunity for Information Systems Research Philip J. Dobson, Edith Cowan University 7. Developing Intrinsically Motivated Information Systems A Critical Systems Approach Petros Panagiotidis and John S. Edwards, Aston University, 8. Effective Knowledge Management: Knowledge, Thinking and The Personal-Corporate Knowledge Nexus Problem Steve Benson and Craig Standing, Edith Cowan University 9. Rationality in Information Systems Support to Decision Making David L. Olson, Texas A&M University 10. Information Systems Knowledge: Foundations, Definitions, and Applications Lee A. Freeman, The University of Michigan Dearborn

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