Problem Spaces: How and Why Methodology Matters

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Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: The Compulsion of Composition So, what is a problem space? Compositional methodology Becoming topological The structure of the book Some general comments Part I Problem Spaces 1 What is a Problem Space? Approach 1: Dewey Approach 2: Simon The times of problem spaces Thinking context Approach 3: Haraway Approach 4: Jullien The methodological potential of the situation Approach 5: Appadurai Across Part II The Epistemic Infrastructure 2 The Parasite and the Octopus 1. Explicitation and literalization 2. Representation, semiotics and cognition 3. Observing the observed 4. The geo-politics of methodology 5. (Non-)Representation and/or participation Conclusion 3 Indexing the Human (with Ana Gross) Indicators of price Platformization 4 Platforms and the Epistemic Infrastructure Platformization 1. The architectural 2. The political 3. The computational 4. The figurative Conclusion Part III Compositional Methodology 5 More than Circular From model systems to platforms: the case of classification Double trouble 1. The natively artificial character of the empirical 2. The ontological multiplicity of the epistemological object Transcontextualism Conclusion 6 Know-ability and Answer-ability The internalization of science? Interface effects Know-ability Interface control Answer-ability Conclusion Conclusion: How and Why Methodology Matters Notes Introduction 1 What is a Problem Space? 2 The Parasite and the Octopus 3 Indexing the Human (with Ana Gross) 4 Platforms and the Epistemic Infrastructure 5 More than Circular 6 Know-ability and Answer-ability Conclusion References Artwork Index EULA