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Neill, S. D. – RQ, 1985
Two aspects of Karl Popper's philosophy are applied to reference process: process is viewed as series of problem-solving situations amenable to analysis using Popper's problem-solving schema. Reference interview is analyzed in context of Popper's postulate that books contain autonomous world of ideas existing apart from mind of knower. (30…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking