dataism meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dataism

nounalso spelled Dataism

Etymology From data + -ism.

The belief that all knowledge consists of data and that scientific theories should only be the simplest systematizations of that data.

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.1998, Mario Bunge -, Philosophy of Science: From Explanation to Justification, →ISBN, page 211:
Dataism is becoming 'a belief in a new gold standard of knowledge about human behavior', van Dijck writes, and argues that it is crucial to be aware of the different reasons for and contexts within which data is gathered. We also need to realise that data is interpreted by analysts.2014, Jill W. Rettberg, Seeing Ourselves Through Technology, →ISBN:

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Thus a newly formed somatechnics of the sensored body is beginning to emerge, in which everyday activities modulate in accordance with the modulations of the control society, and in which the body is produced within a security-based governmentality epitomised in the ideology of dataism.2016, Holly Randell-Moon, Ryan Tippet, Security, Race, Biopower: Essays on Technology and Corporeality, →ISBN:

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Alternative Alternative form of dataism.

The dichotomy between Dataism and Interpretationism in China is quite reminiscent of this German scene.1981, Centre for Translation Projects, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Renditions - Issues 15-18, page 17:
In place of the founding tenets of modernity – liberalism, democracy and personal autonomy – there is a new religion: Dataism. Its followers – many of whom reside in the Bay Area of California – put their faith in information by encouraging us to see it as the only true source of value.2016 August 24, David Runciman, “Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari review – how data will destroy human freedom”, in The Guardian:

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Powered by understanding our own drivers, we will begin to pray at the alter of Dataism: humanity's new religion.2017 June 26, Jessica Sier, “Homo Deus: Praying at the alter of Dataism in a future I don't want to reach”, in The Australian Financial Review:

Art, Arts A movement that emphasizes traditional aesthetics and formal practices.

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.1993, Frank Popper, Art of the electronic age, page 87:
One of the Cyberart aspects is the "Dataism" This art is opposed to the iconoclast features of Dadai"sm. By his formal practices, the Dataism reaffirms the traditional aesthetic.1999, Jean-Claude Heudin, Virtual Worlds: Synthetic Universes, Digital Life, and Complexity:

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Arts Westchester's Dataism exhibition is scheduled to open in the fall of 2019 in its downtown White Plains gallery.2018 March 12, Aleesia Forni, “ArtsWestchester receives $30000 from National Endowment for the Arts”, in Westfair: