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Complete
Description
Axiomatic theory is a concept introduced in Lee et al. (2021) who illustrated its application in connection with three theories borrowed from reference disciplines and extensively used in IS research. This paper aims to extend consideration of the concept to more general application beyond these particular theories. The concept suggests that some theory is so close to being a truism that it needn’t be further tested and could reliably be the basis upon which additional knowledge can be built. Thus, such theoretical propositions might be treated like axioms in mathematics rather than tentative theory subject to further testing. In this paper this premise is examined in terms of the general role of theory in accumulation of knowledge, when such axiomatic status might be earned by the assertion of particular relationships, and how such axiomatic theory might be usefully applied.
Paper Number
1506
Recommended Citation
Niederman, Fred, "Implications of Axiomatic Theory: I Come to Praise, not Bury, this Approach to Accumulating IS Knowledge Introduced by Lee et. all (2021)" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 8.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/meta_res/meta_res/8
Implications of Axiomatic Theory: I Come to Praise, not Bury, this Approach to Accumulating IS Knowledge Introduced by Lee et. all (2021)
Axiomatic theory is a concept introduced in Lee et al. (2021) who illustrated its application in connection with three theories borrowed from reference disciplines and extensively used in IS research. This paper aims to extend consideration of the concept to more general application beyond these particular theories. The concept suggests that some theory is so close to being a truism that it needn’t be further tested and could reliably be the basis upon which additional knowledge can be built. Thus, such theoretical propositions might be treated like axioms in mathematics rather than tentative theory subject to further testing. In this paper this premise is examined in terms of the general role of theory in accumulation of knowledge, when such axiomatic status might be earned by the assertion of particular relationships, and how such axiomatic theory might be usefully applied.
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