Can We Be Wrong? the Problem of Textual Evidence in a Time of Data

ISBN-13: 9781108926201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

Montreal) Piper Andrew (McGill University

Opis

This Element tackles the problem of generalization with respect to text-based evidence in the field of literary studies.

Spis treści

Introduction, or What's Wrong with Literary Studies?; Part I. Theory: 1. Probable Cause; Part II. Evidence Eve Kraicer, Nicholas King, Emma Ebowe, Matthew Hunter, Victoria Svaikovsky, and Sunyam Bagga; 2. Machine Learning as a Collaborative Process; 3. Results; Part III. Discussion: 4. Don't Generalize (from Case Studies): The Case for Open Generalization; 5. Don't Generalize (At All): The Case for the Open Mind; Conclusion: On the Mutuality of Method.