Notions of “Hypothesis” in Digital Forensics
Tewelde, Olivier, and Gruner
2015
Citation information
S. Tewelde, M. S. Olivier, and S. Gruner. “Notions of
“Hypothesis” in Digital Forensics”. In: Advances in Digital Forensics XI. Ed. by
G. Peterson and S. Shenoi. Vol. 462. IFIP Advances in Information and
Communication Technology. Springer, 2015, pp. 29–43 
Abstract
With the growing scientification of the discipline of digital forensics, the notion of “scientific hypothesis” is becoming increasingly important, because all empirical science is hypothetical, not apodictic. Although the word “hypothesis” is used widely in the digital forensics literature, its usage is not sufficiently reflected from a philosophy of science point of view. This chapter discusses this problem with particular reference to Carrier’s methodological work in which the notion of hypothesis plays a prominent role.
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publisher.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24123-4_2
BibTeX reference
@inproceedings(hypos,author={Segen Tewelde and Martin S Olivier and Stefan Gruner},
title={Notions of ‘‘Hypothesis’’ in Digital Forensics},
booktitle={Advances in Digital Forensics XI},
editor={Gilbert Peterson and Sujeet Shenoi},
publisher={Springer},
year={2015},
pages={29--43},
series={IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology},
volume={462} )