{"product_id":"scientific-collaboration-and-collective-knowledge-new-essays-9780190680534","title":"Scientific Collaboration and Collective Knowledge: New Essays","description":"Descartes once argued that, with sufficient effort and skill, a single scientist could uncover fundamental truths about our world. Contemporary science proves the limits of this claim. From synthesizing the human genome to predicting the effects of climate change, some current scientific\u003cbr\u003eresearch requires the collaboration of hundreds (if not thousands) of scientists with various specializations. Additionally, the majority of published scientific research is now co-authored, including more than 80% of articles in the natural sciences, meaning small collaborative teams have become\u003cbr\u003ethe norm in science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume is the first to address critical philosophical questions regarding how collective scientific research \u003cem\u003ecould\u003c\/em\u003e be organized differently and how it \u003cem\u003eshould \u003c\/em\u003ebe organized. For example, should scientists be required to share knowledge with competing research teams? How can universities and\u003cbr\u003egrant-giving institutions promote successful collaborations? When hundreds of researchers contribute to a discovery, how should credit be assigned - and can minorities expect a fair share? When collaborative work contains significant errors or fraudulent data, who deserves blame? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of essays, leading philosophers of science address these critical questions, among others. Their work extends current philosophical research on the social structure of science and contributes to the growing, interdisciplinary field of social epistemology. The volume's strength\u003cbr\u003elies in the diversity of its authors' methodologies. Employing detailed case studies of scientific practice, mathematical models of scientific communities, and rigorous conceptual analysis, contributors to this volume study scientific groups of all kinds, including small labs, peer-review boards, \u003cbr\u003eand large international collaborations like those in climate science and particle physics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Boyer-Kassem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190680534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Boyer-Kassem\u003c\/strong\u003e is an AXA post-doctoral research fellow at TiLPS, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He holds a PhD in philosophy (Paris 1, 2011) and a Master in physics (ÉNS de Cachan, 2006). He has published articles in philosophy of science, social epistemology, and decision theory, in\u003cbr\u003eparticular on scientific collaboration and publication strategies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConor Mayo-Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. His primary interests are in epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and logic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Weisberg \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania, where he co-directs the Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40349963911283,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":157.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9477badf-b320-4117-8c61-c2f7b507bea5.jpg?v=1660050220","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/scientific-collaboration-and-collective-knowledge-new-essays-9780190680534","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}