Principios filosóficos en el desarrollo y funcionamiento de la Clasificación Decimal Dewey

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Dewey Decimal Classification, Modernism, Francis Bacon, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Knowledge organization

Abstract

Objective. The philosophical foundations that support the use and development of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) were explored.
Design/Methodology/Approach. Different primary and secondary sources were reviewed to analyze the theories and ideas that founded the DDC.
Results/Discussion. The DDC is a system that bases its scheme on the ideas put forward by Bacon and Hegel.
However, its operation is due to what has been called “Decimal theory”.
Conclusions. The DDC is a system of library organization that is influenced by modern scientific ideas in the nineteenth century, and should not be seen as a simple tool for classifying books.
Originality/Value. New bases are given to Librarianship as a science, based on the theoretical study of the DDC and the organization of knowledge associated with it.

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Published

2021-03-13

How to Cite

Moyano-Grimaldo, W. A. (2021). Principios filosóficos en el desarrollo y funcionamiento de la Clasificación Decimal Dewey. Libraries. Research Annals, 13(2), 219–227. Retrieved from https://revistasbnjm.sld.cu/index.php/BAI/article/view/151