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The Role of Bio-Ontologies in Data-Driven Research: A Philosophical Perspective

Sabina Leonelli¹

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1. University of Exeter

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Poster

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Received 18 August 2009 12:42 UTC; Posted 18 August 2009

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Bioinformatics

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• philosophy of biology
• ontologies
• theory
• epistemology

Abstract:

This project aims to reach a philosophical understanding of the role played by theory in the practices of data dissemination and re-use that characterise data-driven research. Bio-ontologies have the potential to play the epistemic role of theories in this context, insofar as they (1) express the knowledge underlying data-driven research and (2) guide such research towards future discoveries.

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International Conference on Biomedical Ontology

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Leonelli, Sabina. The Role of Bio-Ontologies in Data-Driven Research: A Philosophical Perspective. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3646.1> (2009)

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