Special Issue on Philosophical Reasoning in Information Systems Research

   Guest editors:  C. West Churchman (Advisory Editor), James Courtney and G. Larry Sanders

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. Vinzé,  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

11. A Philosophical Approach to the Concept of Data Model: Is a Data Model, in Fact, a Model?
     Esperanza Marcos, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
    
Alfredo Marcos, Valladolid University, Spain