Data-centric biology a philosophical study / Sabina Leonelli.

Author/creator Leonelli, Sabina
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Descriptionvi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Data journeys. Making data travel: technology and expertise; The rise of online databases in biology; Packaging data for travel; The emerging power of database curators; Data journeys and other metaphors of travel -- Managing data journeys: social structures; The institutionalization of data packaging; Centralization, dissent, and epistemic diversity; Open data as global commodities; Valuing data -- Data-centric science. What counts as data?; Data in the philosophy of science; A relational framework; The nonlocality of data; Packaging and modeling -- What counts as experiment?; Capturing embodied knowledge; When standards are not enough; Distributed reasoning in data journeys; Dreams of automation and replicability -- What counts as theory?; Classifying data for travel; Bio-ontologies as classificatory theories; The epistemic role of classification; Features of classificatory theories; Theory in data-centric science -- Implications for biology and philosophy. Researching life in the digital age; Varieties of data integration, different ways to understand organisms; The impact of data centrism: dangers and exclusions; The novelty of data centrism: opportunities and future developments -- Handling data to produce knowledge; Problematizing context; From contexts to situations; Situating data in the digital age.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 237-262) and index.
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LCCN 2016015882
ISBN9780226416335 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022641633X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226416472 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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