This paper appproaches the conceptual selection in the organization of knowledge domains in the human and social science is approached, focusing on the culture concept and its peculiar complexity. Conceptual selection is an initial stage in system construction in the organization of knowledge and its importance is shown for a final quality result regarding the recovery of information. To show the complexity of the culture domain, the etymological origins of Amazon words are analyzed, where a wide cultural diversity in original non-native African, European and Asian languages. The Theory of the Faceted Classification by Ranganathan and the Theory of the Integrated Levels from the Classification Research Group were suggested as theorical and methodological basis to deal with complex domains of this nature.
Human Science; Social Science; Conceptual selection; System of knowledge organization
