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The “Beautiful” in Information

Philosophy of Aesthetics and Information Visualization

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Advances in Information Retrieval Theory (ICTIR 2009)

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At the intersection of retrieval and visualization are opportunities to learn more about IR’s view of knowledge and evidence by considering Kantian and post-modern philosophies of aesthetics.

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  1. Dept of Computer Science & GSLIS, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA, USA

    Gerald Benoit

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  1. Department of Computing Science, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Leif Azzopardi

  2. Microsoft Research Ltd, 7 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FB, Cambridge, UK

    Gabriella Kazai  & Stephen Robertson  & 

  3. Knowledge Media Institute,, The Open University, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK

    Stefan Rüger

  4. Microsoft Research Ltd, 7 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FB, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Milad Shokouhi  & Emine Yilmaz  & 

  5. School of Computing, The Robert Gordon University, St Andrew Street, AB25 1HG, Aberdeen, UK

    Dawei Song

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Benoit, G. (2009). The “Beautiful” in Information. In: Azzopardi, L., et al. Advances in Information Retrieval Theory. ICTIR 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5766. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04417-5_34

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