On the Epistemology of Data Science by Wolfgang Pietsch

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This book addresses controversies concerning the epistemological foundations of data science: Is it a genuine science? Readers will discover a defense of inductivism and consideration of the arguments against it: an epistemology of data science more or less by definition has to be inductivist, given that data science starts with the data.

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On the Epistemology of Data Science by Wolfgang Pietsch

This book addresses controversies concerning the epistemological foundations of data science: Is it a genuine science? Readers will discover a defense of inductivism and consideration of the arguments against it: an epistemology of data science more or less by definition has to be inductivist, given that data science starts with the data.
Readers are taken on a journey where they will discover step-by-step methodologies for data-driven researchJudiciously, each key concept of data science is concisely defined, and examples and the when, why, and how to use them are provided. I fully recommend it. (Thierry Edoh, Computing Reviews, February 7, 2023)

Wolfgang Pietsch is a philosopher of science and technology with a background in physics, affiliated with the Munich Center for Technology in Society of Technical University Munich. His main research interest is scientific method, examining scientific practice in different disciplines, in particular the engineering sciences and data science. He works on fundamental concepts like causation and probability as well as different inductive methods, in particular analogical inferences and variational approaches to induction. Wolfgang was a Poiesis Fellow of the Institute for Public Knowledge of New York University and has co-directed for many years the working group on philosophy of physics of the German Physical Society.  See also his website www.wolfgangpietsch.de. 

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ISBN 13 9783030864446
ISBN 10 3030864448
Title On the Epistemology of Data Science
Author Wolfgang Pietsch
Series Philosophical Studies Series
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published 2022-12-11
Number of pages 295
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