Is Data Science a Liberal Art?
Download as PPTX, PDF1 like260 views
The document discusses whether data science can be considered a liberal art. It argues that yes, data science is a liberal art because all science is part of a liberal arts education. Data science applies scientific methods to analyze data, making it just another science. Liberal arts teach problem framing and considering issues from multiple perspectives, skills that are important for data science as well.
Is Data Science a Liberal Art?
- 1. Is Data Science a Liberal Art? George J. Mount
- 3. Is data science a liberal art?
- 4. Yes…in the sense that all science is a liberal art
- 5. Data Science
- 6. Everyone who does this is a scientist. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
- 7. Science IS part of a liberal arts education.
- 8. Data science… just another science?
- 9. Liberal arts as problem framing
- 10. Liberal arts as a multi- angle attack
- 11. “Data databases are not really “Big,” they are less like robust cross-trained athletes and more like gawky nerds who have one splinter skill and are mostly ineffective at everything else. They are too narrow to create the juxtaposition that leads to breakthroughs.” --Martin Lindstrom, Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
- 12. Resources • George J. Mount, “Is Data Science a Liberal Art?” • Adam Weinberg, “Data Analytics and the Liberal Arts” • Andrew S. Yang, “Science as a Matter of (Liberal) Art” • Martin Lindstrom, Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
- 13. Where to find me • georgejmount.com • Twitter: @gjmount • Instagram: @gjmount • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gjmount