Ontology of Plagiarism: the Non Academic Perspectives
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Date
2024-01-23
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International Journal of Advanced Research
Abstract
Existence of plagiarism is an occupation of education in two dimensions: for
learning and a mental process construct of lack of acknowledgement of
innovations in learning. Unfortunately, the common concepts of plagiarism
has not been clarified in learning process. This paper argues that plagiarism is
an inherent natural process of learning. With the objectives; to examine the
intrinsic nature of plagiarism and to explore the trans-disciplinary existence of
plagiarism in human knowledge as categorised by Dewey Classification
scheme 000-999. The study applied positivist paradigm and investigated the
existence in relationship between learning processes and plagiarism. The study
quantitatively measured opinions of 28 participants in these processes using
the Likert scale. Dewey Decimal Classification Systems was used to examine
epistemic harnessing of plagiarism in the advancement of different disciplines.
The findings were that plagiarism is a natural, intrinsic process of learning
through which research, innovations and evolution builds on. The paper
concludes by putting a case that acknowledgement and development of
referencing and citation technologies are evidence of ontological realities of
plagiarism and evidence of the learning process.
Description
Ontology of plagiarism
Keywords
Plagiarism, Philosophy of Information Science, Library Science, Information Systems, Information Processing, Biological Science
Citation
Ongaya, K., Alidri, A., Bagarukayo, E., Oyo, B., Bazibu, C. M. & Luyimbazi, G. (2024). Ontology of Plagiarism: the Non Academic Perspectives International Journal of Advanced Research, 7(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.37284/ijar.7.1.1713