Data Journeys in the Sciences
This groundbreaking, open access volume analyses and compares data practices across several fields through the analysis of specific cases of data journeys. It brings together leading scholars in the philosophy, history and social studies of science to ach
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Data Journeys in the Sciences
Data Journeys in the Sciences
Sabina Leonelli • Niccolò Tempini Editors
Data Journeys in the Sciences
Editors Sabina Leonelli Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology & Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis) University of Exeter Exeter, UK
Niccolò Tempini Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology & Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis) University of Exeter Exeter, UK
Alan Turing Institute London, UK
Alan Turing Institute London, UK
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Preface: A Roadmap for Readers
What is the point of data in research? Philosophers and methodologists have long discussed the use of data as empirical fodder for knowledge claims, highlighting, for instance, the role of inductive reasoning in uncovering what d
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