a philosophical investigation Carter, J. Adam 1980- creator author. text bibliography enk 2024 monographic eng 1 online resource. "Big data, machine learning and mobile communications are rapidly changing the volume and nature of information we receive. Such transformations have massive implications for what we can know: Knowledge itself is increasingly digitised. Digital Knowledge: A Philosophical Investigation is the first book to fully explain and examine digital knowledge: what it is, how it compares to received theories of knowledge and where it is going. Beginning with an overview of key concepts in the theory of knowledge, J. Adam Carter explains and assesses the following topics: How is mere digital information converted into reliable digital knowledge? The role of extended cognition and virtue epistemology in digital knowledge How do we know what is virtual and what is real? Does digital knowledge disrupt understanding of long-standing epistemological questions, such as luck and scepticism? What is the implication of machine learning for epistemology? How is big data changing what we know and applying knowledge about us and our preferences? The implications of digital knowledge for the Digital Humanities. Using fascinating examples throughout, such as the recent chess match between Stockfish and Google's Alpha Zero, smartphones and personalisation and including helpful features such as chapter summaries and annotated further reading, Digital Knowledge: A Philosophical Investigation is an ideal starting place for anyone studying this fascinating topic"-- Digital epistemology: a research programme motivated -- From digital information to digital knowledge -- The nature of digital knowledge: a bi-level account -- The dark side of digital knowledge: scepticism and defeat -- A digital epistemology of machine learning -- A digital epistemology of big data. J. Adam Carter. Information society Philosophy Information technology Philosophy Knowledge, Theory of Big data Digital humanities PHILOSOPHY / General HM851 9781003098966 1003098967 9781000919073 1000919072 9781000919011 1000919013 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003098966 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003098966 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 230213 20251030122228.0 9781003098966 eng