Hmm, here can be a lot of dichotomies. For example subjective (knowledge)/objective (information), referred to values (knowledge)/ free of values (information), substantive(knowledge)/formal (information) and so on. Or it can be considered as a process of internalization of khowledge, like: Objective information ---media (books, etc.)---socialization----->subjective knowledge. But my idea was that perhaps this division is somehow connected with modernity. I think, that analogy with leading idea of Georg Simmel's "Philosophy of money" could be very fruitful and interesting. Or it can be connected with processes of rationalization in Max Webers sence. What do you think? It's not my primary research theme - I just wondered and decided to ask. Usually I think about it in the background of my brain - nothing more. But, however this idea seems more and more interesting to me from sociological perspective. If someone knows some theoretical sources on that matter I'll be happy to discuss it. But, I think that we should start a new topic as we've already flooded a lot of irrelevant information =) Alexander Semenov. MA student Faculty of Sociology Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES) http://www.msses.ru/English/index.html -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of William Bain Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:00 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] How Much Information / Information Growth I'm not sure this has bearing, but doing a bit of quick pre-research on the Internet brought back a reference to what Noam Chomsky's called "Plato's problem" regarding the difference between knowledge and experience. What I found is at http://www.answers.com/topic/plato-s-problem The Meno dialogue is suggested as a possible source. In general, would this be the same as the information/communication divide? Can it, I wonder, be traced to intuitive differences between connotation/denotation? sorry for all the questions. I was only going to put in 2 cents instead of 4, but, well, as often happens. Best regards, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/