FROM BACON TO INTERNET: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION AND SCIENCE INFORMATION CONSTITUTION

Abstract

This article discusses topics related to knowledge organization, as well as the building of its scientific field. It proposes a discussion on the philosophical bases upon which science developed, setting the classification theory as one of the main constitutive element in this process, starting in baroque tradition, in which paradigms of modern science are established. This way, considering the Information Science field, the article observes the characteristics of transformation of a field of knowledge in its way of development of a scientific status. Contribution from Bacon, Benjamin and Warburg are discussed in the article, as well as the challenges that the knowledge organization creates through the use of new technologies, especially Internet.