'Own name' in Knowledge Organization Epistemology: A Philosophical-Theoretical Debate

摘要

"Authorship" is investigated in many knowledge areas and can be approached from different perspectives. In this work, it is directly related to philosophy and knowledge organization. As "authorship" is a recurring element in bibliographic records, studies integrating philosophical, conceptual and cultural questions in documentary representation allow for a more critical reflection on the deployment of the use of authoring in informational practices. The overall goal is to understand the perspective of authorship from the notion of "own name," with the inflection on the philosophical discussion effected in this analysis. This is an exploratory and theoretical study based on bibliographical and documental research, consisting of two steps: the first aims at understanding the philosophical critique of the notion of "first name;" the second discusses the notion in the context of its formulation in the philosophy of knowledge organization. From a panoramic critique of the philosophical debate around the idea of "own name," we pointed out the emergence of the debate in the contemporary context as it is the case of twentieth century philosophers such as Wittgenstein, Barthes and Foucault. We recognize that, despite changes arising from modernity, the "author" in bibliographic records today still assumes the meaning of "own name," because it personalizes and organizes knowledge by building standardized access points.