Big Data: truth, quasi-truth or post-truth?

  • Ricardo Peraça Cavassane Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Itala Maria Loffredo D’Ottaviano Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Keywords: Big data; structure; partial structure; truth; quasi-truth; post-truth.

Abstract

In this paper we investigate if sentences presented as the result of the application of statistical models and artificial intelligence to large volumes of data – the so-called ‘Big Data’ – can be characterized as semantically true, or as quasi-true, or even if such sentences can only be characterized as probably quasi-false and, in a certain way, post-true; that is, if, in the context of Big Data, the representation of a data domain can be configured as a total structure, or as a partial structure provided with a set of sentences assumed to be true, or if such representation cannot be configured as a partial structure provided with a set of sentences assumed to be true.

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Published
2020-12-15
How to Cite
Cavassane, R. P., & D’Ottaviano, I. M. L. (2020). Big Data: truth, quasi-truth or post-truth?. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 42(3), e56201. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v42i3.56201
Section
Philosophy