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Current Trends in Philosophy of ScienceScientific Side of the Future of the Internet as a Complex System. The Role of Prediction and Prescription of Applied Sciences

Current Trends in Philosophy of Science: Scientific Side of the Future of the Internet as a... [The future of the Internet as a network of networks has many faces. The focus here is on the scientific side, analyzing the various steps relevant to its possible future as a complex system. (I) The ontological framework is a reality articulated at three major layers: the technological infrastructure (Internet sensu stricto); the Web; and cloud computing, practical applications (apps) and the “mobile Internet.” These are based on designs within artificial environments whose configuration can above all be analyzed in terms of dualities of a complex system, such as structure and dynamics, internal and external perspectives, epistemological and ontological factors. (II) The philosophico-methodological analysis of the Internet — in a broad sense — includes the scientific side, the technological facet and the social dimension. The central aspects of the scientific side are applied science and application of science. This involves the sciences of the Internet and other sciences related to the network of networks. (III) The problems of epistemological and ontological complexity of the Internet as a whole require both an internal and external perspective. They affect the structural complexity, the dynamic complexity and the social dimension of the network of networks. (IV) The role of prediction and prescription concerns above all applied science that deals with complexity. Thus, the task of prediction in the face of the complexity of scientific activity and the social dimension is analyzed together with the task of prescription when facing the complexity of the Internet from the scientific side. This leads to the question of evaluation and meta-evaluation of future studies. (V) The coda offers some final reflections on the question of how to deal scientifically with the future of the Internet in a broad sense.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Current Trends in Philosophy of ScienceScientific Side of the Future of the Internet as a Complex System. The Role of Prediction and Prescription of Applied Sciences

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 462)
Editors: Gonzalez, Wenceslao J.
Gonzalez, Wenceslao J.
Current Trends in Philosophy of Science — Jul 26, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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[The future of the Internet as a network of networks has many faces. The focus here is on the scientific side, analyzing the various steps relevant to its possible future as a complex system. (I) The ontological framework is a reality articulated at three major layers: the technological infrastructure (Internet sensu stricto); the Web; and cloud computing, practical applications (apps) and the “mobile Internet.” These are based on designs within artificial environments whose configuration can above all be analyzed in terms of dualities of a complex system, such as structure and dynamics, internal and external perspectives, epistemological and ontological factors. (II) The philosophico-methodological analysis of the Internet — in a broad sense — includes the scientific side, the technological facet and the social dimension. The central aspects of the scientific side are applied science and application of science. This involves the sciences of the Internet and other sciences related to the network of networks. (III) The problems of epistemological and ontological complexity of the Internet as a whole require both an internal and external perspective. They affect the structural complexity, the dynamic complexity and the social dimension of the network of networks. (IV) The role of prediction and prescription concerns above all applied science that deals with complexity. Thus, the task of prediction in the face of the complexity of scientific activity and the social dimension is analyzed together with the task of prescription when facing the complexity of the Internet from the scientific side. This leads to the question of evaluation and meta-evaluation of future studies. (V) The coda offers some final reflections on the question of how to deal scientifically with the future of the Internet in a broad sense.]

Published: Jul 26, 2022

Keywords: Scientific side; Future; Internet; Complex system; Prediction; Prescription; Applied Sciences

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