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The Challenge of Quantification: An Interdisciplinary Reading

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The present work looks at what we call “the multiverse of quantification”, where visible and invisible numbers permeate all aspects and venues of life. We review the contributions of different authors who focus on the roles of quantification in society, with the aim of capturing different and sometimes separate voices. Several scholars, including economists, jurists, philosophers, sociologists, communication and data scientists, express concerns or identify critical areas of our relationship with new technologies of ‘numericization’. While mindful of the important specificities of the different families of quantification, we use our broad and holis- tic canvas to explore possible spaces for a more systematic investigation of incumbent and novel quantifications, as to increase communication among disciplinary communities, and among these and society, in the pursuit a democratic agency and self-defence.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
Minerva - A Review of Science, Learning and Policy no. 61, pages 51 - 70,
ISSN: 0026-4695
Language:
English
Publication year:
2023
Bibliographic description:
Kuc-Czarnecka M., Di Fiore M., Lo Piano S., Puy, A., Saltelli, A.: The Challenge of Quantification: An Interdisciplinary Reading// Minerva - A Review of Science, Learning and Policy -Vol. 61, (2023), s.51-70
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s11024-022-09481-w
Sources of funding:
  • Free publication
Verified by:
Gdańsk University of Technology

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