'DATA' IN THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 1665-1886

被引：2
作者：
Meyns, Chris [1 ]
机构：
[1] Queens Coll, Cambridge CB3 9ET, England
来源：
NOTES AND RECORDS-THE ROYAL SOCIETY JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE | 2020年 / 74卷 / 03期
关键词：
Royal Society; Philosophical Transactions; data; epistemology; evidence;
D O I：
10.1098/rsnr.2019.0024
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
Was there a concept of data before the so-called 'data revolution'? This paper contributes to the history of the concept of data by investigating uses of the term 'data' in texts of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions for the period 1665-1886. It surveys how the notion enters the journal as a technical term in mathematics, and charts how over time it expands into various other scientific fields, including Earth sciences, physics and chemistry. The paper argues that in these texts the notion of data is not used merely as a rhetorical category, and also cannot strictly be identified with the category of evidence. Instead, the notion comes with an associated epistemic structure, one that is in line with its development from an early mathematical use.
引用
收藏
页码：507 / 527
页数：21
相关论文
共 56 条
[11]  
Bayes T., 1763, PHILOS T ROY SOC LON, V53, P370
[12]  
Blair A.M., 2010, TOO MUCH KNOW
[13]   SAVING THE PHENOMENA [J].
BOGEN, J ;
WOODWARD, J .
PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW, 1988, 97 (03) :303-352
[14]  
Boole G., 1862, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, V152, P225, DOI [10.1098/rstl.1862.0015, DOI 10.1098/RSTL.1862.0015, 10.1098Zrstl.1862.0015.]
[15]  
Brakenridge William, 1735, PHIL T R SOC LOND, V39, P25, DOI [10.1098/rstl.1735.0007, DOI 10.1098/RSTL.1735.0007]
[16]  
Chambers Ephraim., 1743, Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, V5th
[17]  
da Costa PF, 2002, STUD HIST PHILOS SCI, V33A, P265
[18]  
Darston William, 1669, PTRSL, V4, P1047, DOI [10.1098/rstl.1669.0042, DOI 10.1098/RSTL.1669.0042]
[19]  
Darwin G., 1882, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, V173, P187
[20]  
DASTON LJ, 1988, ISIS, V79, P452, DOI DOI 10.1086/354776
123456