Seems like we (and that includes clients and lawyers) could all benefit from an “epistemology/logic as applied to digital forensics” workshop or course. Modus ponens, modus tollens, positivism, falsificationism, fallibilism, the frame problem, etc.
I thought I’d escaped all that when I dropped out of my graduate degree in philosophy to study computer science…
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erowe
I agree. I think learning logic is a great skill for computer forensic investigators. It helps focus the mind, gets you questioning and helps you build a systematic view on how to process something or how it may (or may not) all fit together.
I enjoyed logic when I was at university until I came on to concurrent programming and temporal logic which sounded like it would be an interesting final year challenge. I was not wrong )
Kind regards
Sam Raincock
To an extent - there is also room for statistical thinking and estimation in the world of computer forensics.
Most definitely - and that's where expert opinion would come into it. However, in order to make such an assessment you need to fully understand the techniques (and their limitations) that have been used.
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Sam Raincock