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Hi Loet,
Fine with me, let's be modest in this
discussion. But let's continue a little bit more.
According to your message
below, "intention" is the main element in the quality
control of the especial code of Scientific Communication, ¿what kinds of
intentions are valid?
Cordialmente,
Ligia
Scientists can communicate about
anything, for example, about the quality of the coffee. Scientific communication
is a specific form of communication that is the subject of the intention of
quality control. I use the word "intention" because the quality control may
fail, but a code of communication is operating in this type of communication
which is different from other codes like, for example, the economic profit
motive. This does not mean that scientific communications can sometimes at the
same time enable communicators to make a profit, but that relation is not a
necessary, but an empirical one: Some scientific communication can be used for patenting, others not.
Etc.
Scientific communication is also not necessarily
confined to institutional "scientists." Thus, scientists can communicate about
non-scientific matters and non-scientists (e.g., amateurs) may be competent to
participate in scientific communication. Ligia
----- Original Message -----
From: Loet
Leydesdorff
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 4:19
AM
Subject: RE: COMUNICACION CIENTIFICA Y
CODIFICACION COGNITIVA: TEORIA SOCIAL DE SISTEMAS Y SOCIOLOGIA DEL CONOCIMIENTO
CIENTIFICO. 2 Dear Ligia:
Given our previous experience with this type of
communication, we should perhaps be very modest with it. It may easily lead to
spam-like communication. But I'll do as you ask and leave it to you to make the
assessment:
Let us begin by differentiating some concepts. What are you saying when you say Scientific Communication and Communication Among Scientists? Scientists can communicate about
anything, for example, about the quality of the coffee. Scientific communication
is a specific form of communication that is the subject of the intention of
quality control. I use the word "intention" because the quality control may
fail, but a code of communication is operating in this type of communication
which is different from other codes like, for example, the economic profit
motive. This does not mean that scientific communications can sometimes at the
same time enable communicators to make a profit, but that relation is not a
necessary, but an empirical one: Some scientific communication can be used for patenting, others not.
Etc.
Scientific communication is also not necessarily
confined to institutional "scientists." Thus, scientists can communicate about
non-scientific matters and non-scientists (e.g., amateurs) may be competent to
participate in scientific communication.
With best wishes,
Loet
Loet Leydesdorff
Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ The Knowledge-Based Economy: Modeled, Measured, and Simulated The Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society; The Challenge of Scientometrics -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ligia Parra-Esteban. Directora Fundación Voc de Investigación de la Comunicación Entre Científicos. http://mox.uniandes.edu.co/voc Luis H. Blanco. Secretario de la Junta Directiva. Laboratorio de Investigaciones Básicas. Ciudad Universitaria. Unidad Camilo Torres. Bogotá. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. |
