Analogy of intelligence with other disciplines A partial translation of: Sfetcu, Nicolae, "Epistemologiaserviciilor de informații", SetThings (4 februarie 2019), MultiMedia Publishing

Sfetcu, Nicolae Analogy of intelligence with other disciplines A partial translation of: Sfetcu, Nicolae, "Epistemologiaserviciilor de informații", SetThings (4 februarie 2019), MultiMedia Publishing., 2019 [Preprint]

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English abstract

Intelligence analysis has many important epistemological resemblances with science (problem solving, discovery, skillful use of tools, knowledge verification) and is more interested in a posteriori than a priori knowledge, on how or the basis on which a proposition may be known. The puzzle metaphor is used in both information and archeology. Both disciplines involve collecting evidence to build as complete a picture as possible. The process of converting raw information into actionable processed intelligence is almost identical for governmental and business organizations. The medical practice of diagnosing identification, collection, analysis and dissemination is similar to that of intelligence.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: analogy, intelligence, epistemology, problem solving, discovery, skillful use of tools, knowledge verification, archeology, medicine
Subjects: I. Information treatment for information services > ID. Knowledge representation.
Depositing user: Nicolae Sfetcu
Date deposited: 08 Jul 2025 07:41
Last modified: 08 Jul 2025 07:41
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/46932

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