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020 _a9781108706698
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041 _aeng
082 _a005.74
_bPIE
100 _aPietsch, Wolfgang
245 0 _aBig data
_c/ Wolfgang Pietsch
250 _a1st ed.
260 _bCambrdige
_cc2021
_aCambridge, United Kingdom
300 _a77 p.
_c23 cm.
520 _aBig Data and methods for analyzing large data sets such as machine learning have in recent times deeply transformed scientific practice in many fields. However, an epistemological study of these novel tools is still largely lacking. After a conceptual analysis of the notion of data and a brief introduction into the methodological dichotomy between inductivism and hypothetico-deductivism, several controversial theses regarding big data approaches are discussed.
650 _aBig data; Induction Logic; Novel Scientific Methodology
942 _cENGLISH
999 _c524419
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