Abstract
This paper uses the principles of disciplinarity to answer questions posed by many authors on the legitimacy of the IS discipline. Using these answers, the paper uncovers which areas a new IS researcher should focus on and provides a teleological basis for advancement of the IS discipline. The paper also draws from Heidegger’s and Jonas’s philosophy of technology to arrive at an operational ideology for IS – the imperative of responsibility. This philosophy offers many benefits that will free the IS discipline to find its unifying paradigm.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 2670-2681 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Event | 9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2003 - Tampa, United States Duration: Aug 4 2003 → Aug 6 2003 |
Conference
| Conference | 9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2003 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Tampa |
| Period | 8/4/03 → 8/6/03 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2003, Association for Information Systems. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- epistemology
- information systems discipline
- information systems foundation
- Information systems research
- information systems theory
- paradigms
- philosophy of technology