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Misterio y transparencia: el acceso a la información en los dominios de la religion y la ciencia

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Sturges, Paul
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Whilst science and religion are arguably compatible as two methods to identify truth, in practice they are divergent in their effects. This has serious implications for the theory and practice of library and information work. By starting with the human right of freedom of expression (which contains the right of freedom of access to information), it is possible to compare religion and science and their tendency towards mystery or transparency. The scientific method is inherently sceptical, testing hypotheses with openly exposed methods and results. Although the purity of science is sometimes reduced by its paymasters (governments, corporations and foundations) and by the scientific establishment itself, it offers a model of transparency. Religion is based on faith in some form of revelation, often encapsulated in a book or books, against which knowledge is tested. In practice this preference for authority and mystery encourages the forceful rejection of ideas and fosters secrecy both intellectual and organisational. It is suggested here that libraries are institutions that expose ideas for public use and that they are therefore part of the scientific project. The censorship and suppression of ideas associated with religion needs to be resisted by library and informa-tion professionals in whatever form, such as a resurgent emphasis on protection of religion through blasphemy laws, that this tendency manifests itself.
Starting Page	21
Ending Page	28
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.3145/epi.2011.ene.10
Volume Number	4
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://ibersid.eu/ojs/index.php/ibersid/article/download/3863/3643
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2011.ene.10
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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