A rejoinder to Nicolaisen’s refutation of Hjørland’s relevance definition

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Dr. Nicolaisen (2016) claimed the refutation of the definition of relevance provided by the present author. The present paper examines Nicolaisen’s arguments, finds that Nicolaisen fails to consider the difference between defining the concept of relevance and measuring instances of it, and that his arguments therefore are misdirected and irrelevant. The epistemological problems discussed by Nicolaisen may be important, but not in relation to the task of defining the concept of relevance. Furthermore, his “refutation” resembles the well-known mythical “proof” that bumblebees cannot fly. It is concluded that the relevance definition under discussion is still valid and the most fruitful one that has been suggested so far.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummercolis1628.html
TidsskriftInformation Research
Vol/bind22
Udgave nummer1
Antal sider11
ISSN1368-1613
StatusUdgivet - 24 mar. 2017
BegivenhedProceedings of CoLIS9 : Conceptions of Library and Information Science - Uppsala, Sverige
Varighed: 26 jun. 201629 jun. 2016
Konferencens nummer: 9

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KonferenceProceedings of CoLIS9
Nummer9
LandSverige
ByUppsala
Periode26/06/201629/06/2016

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The paper is published in Information Research

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