The article considers whether B ig D ata, in the form of data‐driven science, will enable the
discovery, or appraisal, of universal scientific theories, instrumentalist tools, or inductive …

Afew years ago, Chris Anderson, former editor in chief of Wired magazine, published a
provocative and thought-provoking article:“The end of theory: the data deluge makes the …

It is estimated that humanity accumulated 180 EB of data between the invention of writing
and 2006. Between 2006 and 2011, the total grew ten times and reached 1,600 EB. This …

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Recently, philosophers and social scientists have turned their attention to the
epistemological shifts provoked in established sciences by their incorporation of big data …

Starting from an analysis of frequently employed definitions of big data, it will be argued that,
to overcome the intrinsic weaknesses of big data, it is more appropriate to define the object …

An increasing fraction of research reported in BISE (Business & Information Systems
Engineering) is data-driven. This is not surprising since torrents of data are vigorously …

Recent claims, mainly from computer scientists, concerning a largely automated and model-
free data-intensive science have been criticized by several philosophers of science. The …

DNA sequencers, Twitter, MRIs, Facebook, particle accelerators, Google Books, radio
telescopes, Tumblr: what do these things have in common? According to the evangelists of …

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2014 | VOL. 57 | NO. 7 review articles IMA GE B Y AMAZEME GRAPHICS IN A BROAD range of …