Are Statistics Only Made of Data?: Know-how and Presupposition from the 17th and 19th Centuries (2024) (Methodos Series #20)

By: Éric Brian

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Synopsis: This book examines several epistemological regimes in studies of numerical data over the last four centuries. It distinguishes these regimes and mobilises questions present in the philosophy of science, sociology and historical works throughout the 20th century. Attention is given to the skills of scholars and their methods, their assumptions, and the socio-historical conditions that made calculations and their interpretations possible. In doing so, questions posed as early as Émile Durkheim’s and Ernst Cassirer’s ones are revisited and the concept of symbolic form is put to the test in this particular survey, conducted over long period of time. Although distinct from a methodological and epistemological point of view, today these regimes may be found together in the toolbox of statisticians and those who comment on their conclusions. As such, the book is addressed to social scientists and historians and all those who are interested in numerical productions.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031512544
Related ISBNs:: 9783031512537
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 04/13/24
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
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