The Time of Data: Timescales of Data Use in the Life Sciences

Philosophy of Science 85 (5):741-754 (2018)
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Abstract

This article considers the temporal dimension of data processing and use and the ways in which it affects the production and interpretation of knowledge claims. I start by distinguishing the time at which data collection, dissemination, and analysis occur from the time in which the phenomena for which data serve as evidence operate. Building on the analysis of two examples of data reuse from modeling and experimental practices in biology, I then argue that Dt affects how researchers select and interpret data as evidence and identify and understand phenomena.

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