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Highlighting the epistemological issues of bibliography through the practical problems of building a philosophy of science database: the SIPS case study

Fabien Ferri

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The simple hypothesis that we wish to put forward in this contribution is the following: the specific experience of building and managing a bibliographical database in the philosophy of science opens up the possibility of questioning the multiple facets of the bibliographical order in general. A first review of our experience, patiently reflected upon after twelve years of work within such an enterprise, allows us to formulate a certain number of questions relating to the epistemological issues inherent in the bibliographic activity itself, beyond the simple observation of an inescapable evolution in the media for publishing the products of such an activity. How does one go about delimiting the temporal, historical and disciplinary boundaries of a field such as the philosophy of science before embarking on a bibliographical project such as the construction of a database listing the documents produced in this philosophical field? Even if a corpus of documents associated with a finite temporal sequence is by definition always materially finite, how do we actually go about making a complete inventory of it? Moreover, in the face of the intensification and multiplication of publications resulting from the digital revolution, what are the appropriate tools to be appropriated and manipulated, and what new monitoring strategies to be implemented, in order to inventory the products of editorial news in such a vast field on a planetary scale? In order to outline the answers to these questions, we will present an example of a contemporary bibliographical research tool: the Philosophy of Science Information System (SIPS).
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hal-04694053 , version 1 (11-09-2024)

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Fabien Ferri. Highlighting the epistemological issues of bibliography through the practical problems of building a philosophy of science database: the SIPS case study. 11th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, European Society for the History of Science, Sep 2024, Barcelona, Spain. ⟨hal-04694053⟩
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