I'd recommend 'Sorting things out: classification and its consequences', by
Geoffrey Bowker and Susan Leigh Star - originally published 1999 by MIT
Press, paperback version pub. 2000.
ISBN 0-262-52295-0
Leonard Holmes
At 08:48 27/10/2004 +0930, you wrote:
>Colleagues - I am looking for some references to a theory of comparison - an
>explanation why we compare things as knowledge creation. For example, to
>measure the length of something is to compare it to a standard; to question
>people can be seen as comparing their experiences. I am aware of comparative
>theories in history, sociology, religion etc, and am more interested in a
>philosophical (clarifying concepts) or sociological explanation than a strong
>cognitive science one. Am I making sense - any ideas?
>
>Regards and thanks,
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>Mike Metcalfe
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