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The presence of logic in the domain of knowledge organization: interdisciplinary aspects of college curricula

A study is presented on the curricular presence of logic in the domain of knowledge organization, particularly in the field of Information Science (IS). The article attempts to identify the curricular space destined to this subject in the programs of 72 IS schools in Brazil. It was observed that the programs are turned to the analysis of the forms of reasoning and representation of knowledge. The article analyses the disciplinary contents linked to aspects of logic in the curriculum of IS and highlights the relevance of the subject to the great domains in which the processes of information are based, and emphasizes the need for an interdisciplinary conception.

Logic; Curriculum; Collage; Interdisciplinarity; Information Science; Knowledge Organization


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