Quantitative Marbling. New Conceptual Tools for the Socio-history of Quantification

Emmanuel Didier (2021) Anton Wilhelm Amo Lectures no 7, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Press Abstract. Socio-history of quantification is not a simple sub-domain of Science and Technology Studies. On the contrary, it can provide tools for investigating a wide range of social situations from a new and interesting perspective. We begin by providing a new definition of quantification. Next we consider the way numbers permeate society to its very core, forming rich veins of dat..