Crowdsourced science: sociotechnical epistemology in the e-research paradigm
Crowdsourced science: sociotechnical epistemology in the e-research paradigm
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众包科学：电子研究范式中的社会技术认识论
DOI：
10.1007/s11229-016-1238-2
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
L. Floridi
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作者：
David Watson;L. Floridi
近年来，专家和业余爱好者在科学研究方面的在线合作激增。在这篇文章中，我们分析了这些众包项目的认识论含义，重点是世界上最大的公民科学门户网站Zooniverse。我们使用定量方法来评估该平台相对于更传统的数据处理手段在生成大量观察报告和高影响力科学发现方面的成功。通过经验证据、贝叶斯推理和概念分析，我们展示了信息和通信技术如何增强众包电子研究的可靠性、可扩展性和连接性，使在线公民科学项目相对于更传统的科学调查模式具有强大的认知优势。这些结果突显了技术中介的社会互动在当代知识生产中所发挥的重要作用。最后，我们呼吁在科学哲学中明确地进行社会技术转向，将统计学和逻辑的见解结合起来，以分析科学研究的最新发展。
Recent years have seen a surge in online collaboration between experts and amateurs on scientific research. In this article, we analyse the epistemological implications of these crowdsourced projects, with a focus on Zooniverse, the world’s largest citizen science web portal. We use quantitative methods to evaluate the platform’s success in producing large volumes of observation statements and high impact scientific discoveries relative to more conventional means of data processing. Through empirical evidence, Bayesian reasoning, and conceptual analysis, we show how information and communication technologies enhance the reliability, scalability, and connectivity of crowdsourced e-research, giving online citizen science projects powerful epistemic advantages over more traditional modes of scientific investigation. These results highlight the essential role played by technologically mediated social interaction in contemporary knowledge production. We conclude by calling for an explicitly sociotechnical turn in the philosophy of science that combines insights from statistics and logic to analyse the latest developments in scientific research.
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-07121-3_2
发表时间：
2014
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作者：
Illari P
通讯作者：
Illari P