Bilgi Erişim Sorunu
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Several philosophers and scholars have given considerable thought to information retrieval
problem and discussed issues with regards to the recording and storage of information, and
getting access to recorded information. Information technology is of paramount importance in
such discussions. Plato has questioned the role of writing and offered that “if men learn this
[writing], it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because
they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within
themselves, but by means of external marks.” Yet, information technologies developed in recent
years allow us to store all the recorded information produced by humankind throughout the
centuries on a computer chip and carry it in our pockets. Moreover, such a chip containing the
cumulative depository of knowledge can be implanted in our heads and used as an extension of
human brain. This paper discusses various approaches to information retrieval problem and
summarizes the views of some scientists and thinkers.
