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Taxonomy vs Informationism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and informationism

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while informationism is a significant ideology that information has power when disseminated.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    informationism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A significant ideology that information has power when disseminated.
  • The use of information as a weapon.
  • The act of countering government propaganda.
  • The act of undermining advertising.

    • Quotations

    * 2006'. Kozzmo(blog). ' Informationism. [http://www.k0zzm0.com/philosophy/id5.html] *: At present, informationism is considered a form of web-based terrorism, using blogs as a platform to initiate propagandist attacks. This definition, however is that generated by the post-modernist. * 2004. Habits of the High-Tech Heart , by Quentin Schultze: ( ethicsdaily.com/article Book review by Ethics Daily) *: Informationism: “a non-discerning, vacuous faith in … information.” * 2000. Heroux, Erick. The Ideology of Information & The Tactics of Literature. (Dissertation Abstract, Nov. 1 2000)[http://www.efn.org/~heroux/abstract.html] *: Informationism is identified as a significant emerging ideology.

    References

    * The informationists'' (Overview ''Contraflow on the SuperHighway ), by Richard Price. 1993.[http://web.archive.org/web/20011215105509/http://www.btinternet.com/~carpenter/p9hinfor.htm] * Informationism , In Wikablog. * blog The Informationist * website informationism.org

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