This thesis is a philosophical analysis of the epistemic role of scientific data in biomedical research. It is comprised of an introduction (Chapter 1), three articles (Chapter 2, 3, 4) and a conclusion (Chapter 5). I use ...

In this commentary, I discuss the scientific changes brought by the exposome, asking what is new about this approach and line of research. I place the exposome in a historical perspective, by analyzing the conditions under ...