process essentially is conservative and, in some discipline, produces a regression to some mean—all articles in a particular journal resemble each other. As a result, there is little innovation in the forms and contents of thinking and theorizing. Despite being in special institutional positions (variously theorized as gatekeepers or obligatory points of passage), few editors appear to allow mo...

This essay extends Simon's arguments in the 'Sciences of the Artificial' to a critical examination of how theorizing in Information Technology disciplines should occur. The essay is framed around a number of fundamental questions that relate theorizing in the artificial sciences to the traditions of the philosophy of science. The paper argues that theorizing in this relatively new form of scien...