Fact or Fiction: The Philosophy of Fictions in IS Research
In its quest for knowledge and understanding the Information Systems (IS) field has generally been torn between positivist and interpretivist approaches. However, in this paper an approach that accepts many of the underlying beliefs of both positivism and interpretivism is presented: the fictive approach. This blended approach - most comprehensively developed by Vaihinger - reveals how much of what we do in the IS field can be seen as creating and working with fictions. From the abstractive to the aesthetic all fictions are evident to some extent in the IS discipline. While the fictional approach has its challenges it is paradigmatically creative, rich and holistic; all important and arguably necessary characteristics when it comes to understanding Information Systems. Perhaps by legitimizing and exploring fictions in all their forms the IS field may finally mend the tear between the two warring paradigms and move forward in a bid to achieve the disciplines raison d'etre: making better sense of Information Systems.
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- 1. Fact or Fiction: The Philosophy of Fictions in IS Research Ms. Sandy Behrens School of Management and Information Systems Central Queensland University http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/80098386_fd5fa2285f_b.jpg
- 2. Purpose
- 7. Really? Weber (2004) Guba & Lincoln (2004)
- 8. Vaihinger (1924) Interpretivism Positivism http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/88736268_14414801a9_o.jpg
- 10. Value?
- 13. Fictions
- 14. Abstractive Meridian of Ferro Zero point determination Water as measure of gravity
- 15. Abstractive Fictions in IS Schemas, models and diagrams Theories eg. TAM Methods for implementation and design
- 17. Symbolic Fictions in IS http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2091/2232897539_1abdf7d2f8_b.jpg Methodologies used for systems development Designing effective IS interfaces Conceptual Bias in IS research
- 18. Heuristic http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1234/896873841_02cc5d367b_b.jpg Ptolemaic cosmic system Newton’s laws of gravitation Teleology
- 19. Heuristic Fictions in IS http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1234/896873841_02cc5d367b_b.jpg Data modelling Teleology - primary metaphors
- 21. Practical Fictions in IS http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/99413816_150c463c9b_o.jpg Ethical issues in organizations Ethical behavior of researchers
- 23. Aesthetic Fictions in IS http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/112013515_a5d8e6e094_o.jpg Systems Design - Look and feel Ciaborra - creativity and strategy
- 25. Moving Forward
- 26. [email_address] Read the paper: Conference proceedings Talk with me: Questions after this session At the conference [email_address] Slides: Freely available at Slide Share www.slideshare.net
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- Ladies and gentlemen, fellow colleagues. My name is Sandy Behrens and I’m from Central Queensland University in Australia. I’m here today to present my paper “Fact or Fiction: The Philosophy of Fictions in IS Research”.