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Exploring the epistemological foundations of data science, the book delves into the debate over its status as a legitimate science versus a subordinate practice. The author develops a coherent conceptual framework to rigorously examine these controversies, providing insights into the nature and role of data science within the broader scientific landscape.

Big Data and methods for analyzing large data sets such as machine learning have deeply transformed scientific practice in many fields. This Element defends an inductivist view of big data research and argues that the type of induction employed by the most successful big data algorithms is variational induction in the tradition of Mill's methods.