Trust in Numbers
Objectivité
Social aspects of Science
Wissenschaft
Science, social aspects
Objectivity
Philosophy & Social Aspects
History, philosophy
Technologie
Sciences
Aspect social
Mathematics
Science
Social aspects
This investigation of the overwhelming appeal of quantification in the modern world discusses the development of cultural meanings of objectivity over two centuries. How are we to account for the current prestige and power of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is seen as d…
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