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This meeting will constitute the 11th
anniversary of the mini-track which began with the inaugural 1996
AMCIS/AIS conference in Phoenix,
Arizona. This mini-track
has been included in the track sponsored by the SIG “Philosophy and
Epistemology of IS” created in 2002. Many leading IS scholars from
Europe, Canada, the UK, the USA, New Zealand and Australia, have, over
the years, participated in this mini-track. Over the last few years, this
mini-track has examined its history with a view to moving forward and
creating new opportunities for participants to explore ideas and areas
relevant to PFIS.
In order to more deeply understand how PFIS has
impacted and influenced our field of knowledge, this year the mini-track
will address the theme of “Reaching
new heights in the development of philosophical ideas in the field of
Information Systems.”‘ Papers addressing this theme are
especially solicited, however in keeping with the diversity of the
mini-track papers which also address other aspects of philosophy and its
relationship to IS research, teaching or practice will also be
considered. Philosophy is an established and vast field, as compared to
our fledgling area of information systems and any topic deemed to be of
interest within this area will be considered and promoted by the
mini-track.
This mini-track is founded on the belief that we have
hardly begun to tap the potential of philosophy in our work, especially
in developing a more robust foundation for what we do. The objective is
to explore how philosophy has been used as a reference discipline in the
past, and to foster the development of a "philosophy of information
technology." The continuing explosion of information technology in
forms such as the World Wide Web and commercial information services is
leading to an intrusion of IT into our personal and business lives at a
scope only imagined just a few years ago. Ethical issues, and their
implications, are also central to our use of information technology in
the modern business environment and in our day-to-day lives. Understanding and managing the
implications of this technology is a vital issue, and accordingly, it is
appropriate that we turn to philosophy as away of understanding these
issues in the context of Information Systems.
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