To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do. -Bertrand Russell

 ”Organizational effectiveness is increasingly dependent on developing a learning environment which fosters learning and the sharing of information as a foundation to deal with uncertainty.” -Penny West in “The concept of Learning Organizations”  (Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 18 No. 1, 1994, pp. 15-21)

These quotes show a common interest for the fields of philosophy and information studies. I should think that this common interest, dealing with uncertainty, is of concern to all fields of study, all organizations and indeed all individuals. But my own experience suggests that many individuals and most American organizations simply declare that they are certain rather than admitting uncertainty and considering strategies to deal with it. It is this experience, among others that motivated me to get into the graduate program in information studies at OU (MLIS) as an extension of the BA in philosophy I received in December 2006.

For my first class I am required to maintain a blog related to my course of study. I like the idea and I thank Dr. Martens for providing me the motivation to open The Informulary. I have high hopes for this blog in that I desire it to be an enteraining, accurate and informative account of my experiences and thoughts throughout my graduate experience. But more than that my hope is that it will provide a vehicle whereby some contribution may be made to the fields of both Philosophy and Information Studies.

That said, the future direction and content of this blog and in fact my education and career are of course…uncertain. I make no apologies for believing that I have what it takes to not only cope with that uncertainty, but to enjoy it.

TTFN