Scientific collaboration and collective knowledge : new essays / Thomas Boyer-Kassem, Conor Mayo-Wilson, and Michael Weisberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyer-Kassem, Thomas, editor.

Mayo-Wilson, Conor, editor.

Weisberg, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--International cooperation.

Science.

Research--International cooperation.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Current scientific research almost always requires collaboration among several (if not several hundred) specialized researchers. When scientists co-author a journal article, who deserves credit for discoveries or blame for errors? How should scientific institutions promote fruitful collaborations among scientists? In this work, leading philosophers of science address these critical questions.

Contents:

Scientific sharing, communism, and the social contact / Michael Strevens

Publish late, publish rarely?: network density and group performance in scientific communication / Staffan Angere and Erik J. Olsson

Learning to collaborate / Kevin J.S. Zollman

Diversity, rationality, and the division of cognitive labor / Ryan Muldoon

Making an author in radically collaborative research / Bryce Huebner, Rebecca Kukla, and Eric Winsberg

The impact of collaboration on the epistemic cultures of science / K. Brad Wray

Power, bargaining, and collaboration / Justin Bruner and Cailin O'Connor

A clustering-based approach to collective beliefs / Denis Donnay

Opinion aggregation and individual expertise / Carlo Martini and Jan Sprenger.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 9, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-068055-5

0-19-068056-3