Aboutness is a term used in Linguistics, Library- and Information science (LIS) and in Philosophy. In LIS it is often considered synonymous with subject (discourse). In Philosophy it is often considered synonymous with intentionality. The term became popular in LIS in the middle of the 1970s due to arguments put forward by the linguist William John Hutchins (cf. Hutchins, 1975, 1977, 1978).

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  • Aboutness is a term used in Linguistics, Library- and Information science (LIS) and in Philosophy. In LIS it is often considered synonymous with subject (discourse). In Philosophy it is often considered synonymous with intentionality. The term became popular in LIS in the middle of the 1970s due to arguments put forward by the linguist William John Hutchins (cf. Hutchins, 1975, 1977, 1978). Hutchins found that "aboutness" was to be preferred to "subject" because it removed some epistemological problems. Hjørland (1992), 1997) argued however, that the same epistemological problems also are present in Hutchins proposal, why "aboutness" and "subject" should be considered synonymous.
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  • Aboutness is a term used in Linguistics, Library- and Information science (LIS) and in Philosophy. In LIS it is often considered synonymous with subject (discourse). In Philosophy it is often considered synonymous with intentionality. The term became popular in LIS in the middle of the 1970s due to arguments put forward by the linguist William John Hutchins (cf. Hutchins, 1975, 1977, 1978).
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  • Aboutness
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