Dataism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The belief that all knowledge consists of data and that scientific theories should only be the simplest systematizations of that data. uncountable
"Dataism and dadaism are the hard core of strict empiricism, a philosophy incongruously held by many theoreticians and underlying much research planning. It encourages the blind accumulation of superficial information that leads nowhere because it comes from nowhere and takes place in a vacuum of ideas."
- 2 Alternative form of dataism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"The dichotomy between Dataism and Interpretationism in China is quite reminiscent of this German scene."
- 3 A movement that emphasizes traditional aesthetics and formal practices. uncountable
"He regards it above all as 'Dataism' - a term and an art opposed to the iconoclasm of Modernism in general and Dadaism in particular. Dataism restates traditional aesthetics through formal practices."
Example
More examples"Dataism and dadaism are the hard core of strict empiricism, a philosophy incongruously held by many theoreticians and underlying much research planning. It encourages the blind accumulation of superficial information that leads nowhere because it comes from nowhere and takes place in a vacuum of ideas."
Etymology
From data + -ism.
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