1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000077960203316

Autore

AJELLO, Raffaele, Raffaele <1928-2020>

Titolo

Una società anomala : il programma e la sconfitta della nobiltá napoletana in due memoriali cinquecenteschi / Raffaele Ajello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Consorzio editoriale Fridericiana, : Edizioni scientifiche italiane, [1996]

ISBN

88-8114-333-X

Descrizione fisica

462 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Fridericiana historia , S. R ; 2.

Disciplina

945.7072

Collocazione

X 13 XXXI 2

900 945.707 AJE

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Con il testo dei memoriali

Nella pagina contro il front.: Universitá degli studi di Napoli Federico II



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910522940303321

Autore

Pietsch Wolfgang <1938->

Titolo

On the Epistemology of Data Science : Conceptual Tools for a New Inductivism / / by Wolfgang Pietsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-030-86442-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Collana

Philosophical Studies Series, , 2542-8349 ; ; 148

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Technology - Philosophy

Data structures (Computer science)

Information theory

System theory

Computer science - Mathematics

Mathematical statistics

Analysis (Philosophy)

Philosophy of Technology

Data Structures and Information Theory

Complex Systems

Probability and Statistics in Computer Science

Analytic Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Inductivism -- Chapter 3. Phenomenological Science -- Chapter 4. Variational Induction -- Chapter 5. Causation As Difference Making -- Chapter 6. Evidence -- Chapter 7. Concept Formation -- Chapter 8. Analogy -- Chapter 9. Causal Probability -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses controversies concerning the epistemological foundations of data science: Is it a genuine science? Or is data science merely some inferior practice that can at best contribute to the scientific enterprise, but cannot stand on its own? The author proposes a coherent conceptual framework with which these questions can be



rigorously addressed. 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. As an alternative to enumerative approaches, the author endorses Federica Russo’s recent call for a variational rationale in inductive methodology. Chapters then address some of the key concepts of an inductivist methodology including causation, probability and analogy, before outlining an inductivist framework. The inductivist framework is shown to be adequate and useful for an analysis of the epistemological foundations of data science. The author points out that many aspects of the variational rationale are present in algorithms commonly used in data science. Introductions to algorithms and brief case studies of successful data science such as machine translation are included. Data science is located with reference to several crucial distinctions regarding different kinds of scientific practices, including between exploratory and theory-driven experimentation, and between phenomenological and theoretical science. Computer scientists, philosophers and data scientists of various disciplines will find this philosophical perspective and conceptual framework of great interest, especially as a starting point for further in-depth analysis of algorithms used in data science. .