2017
DOI: 10.1177/0308518x17718838
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Questions of uncertainty in geography

Abstract: International audienceThe concept of uncertainty has fostered in the last decade’s fundamental and applied research in different disciplinary fields. Couclelis (2003) clearly demonstrated the pervasiveness of uncertainty in the production process of geographical knowledge. The paper shares this epistemological point of view. Pragmatically, its goal is to show how questions of uncertainty arise in the praxis of geographic research. It suggests that scientific work can be enriched, and not hindered, by addressin… Show more

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“…The argument herein, however, is something more than just that: not only can data-analysis and statistical modelling of the sort Fusco et al (2017) say is traditional in geography not circumvent the possibility for surprise, it makes surprise more of a possibility. Based on this logic, the current penchant for 'big data', and increasing emphasis on modelling using statistical techniques based on variance, will do little to assist in reconciling with ontological uncertainty in geography, and may actually be detrimental to this.…”
Section: The Nature Of Ontological Uncertainty: Its Sources and Effectmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…The argument herein, however, is something more than just that: not only can data-analysis and statistical modelling of the sort Fusco et al (2017) say is traditional in geography not circumvent the possibility for surprise, it makes surprise more of a possibility. Based on this logic, the current penchant for 'big data', and increasing emphasis on modelling using statistical techniques based on variance, will do little to assist in reconciling with ontological uncertainty in geography, and may actually be detrimental to this.…”
Section: The Nature Of Ontological Uncertainty: Its Sources and Effectmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…These are all examples of epistemological uncertainty related to the accuracy of what we know presently. Only briefly when referencing 'unknowns' and 'deep uncertainties' is another, still more problematic form of uncertainty broached (Fusco et al, 2017(Fusco et al, , p.2274. This other form of uncertainty is the specific focus of this paper and is herein referred to as 'ontological uncertainty'.…”
Section: The Nature Of Ontological Uncertainty: Its Sources and Effectmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Uncertainty in data pertaining geographic information systems (GIS), and spatial information in general, is a frequently explored topic (cf. [47][48][49][50]) and also finds its own entry in the GIS dictionary [51].…”
Section: Uncertainty In (Digital) Humanitiesmentioning
confidence: 99%