Scientific Collaboration and Collective Knowledge
Thomas Boyer-Kassem, Conor Mayo-Wilson, Michael Weisberg (eds.)
Contains the first collection of philosophical essays on scientific collaboration and collective knowledge. The book focuses on conceptual and normative questions about how scientific research could be organized differently and how it should be organized
Intends to be the central reference for philosophical debates about scientific collaboration and collective knowledge
Addresses a broad spectrum of questions about collaboration including: the proper design of scientific institutions and means for disseminating information, power dynamics in collaboration (e.g., involving women and underrepresented minorities in science), and the concepts of authorship, of collective belief, and of expertise
Employs diverse methods to address these topics, including case-studies, formal methods (e.g. mathematical models, game theory, computer simulations), and philosophical analysis
Intends to be the central reference for philosophical debates about scientific collaboration and collective knowledge
Addresses a broad spectrum of questions about collaboration including: the proper design of scientific institutions and means for disseminating information, power dynamics in collaboration (e.g., involving women and underrepresented minorities in science), and the concepts of authorship, of collective belief, and of expertise
Employs diverse methods to address these topics, including case-studies, formal methods (e.g. mathematical models, game theory, computer simulations), and philosophical analysis
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Year:
2017
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
240
ISBN 10:
0190680539
ISBN 13:
9780190680534
File:
PDF, 5.81 MB
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english, 2017