Are Statistics Only Made of Data?: Know-How and Presupposition from the 17th and 19th Centuries (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031512537)

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.

Author: Éric Brian
ISBN-10: 3031512537
ISBN-13: 9783031512537
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2024
Pages: 169
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d