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Group Rationality in Scientific Research

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0521871131, 9780521871136
Open Library ID
OL22754176M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1683951 bytes)
Pages
301\301
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Under what conditions is a group of scientists rational? How would rational scientists collectively agree to make their group more effective? What sorts of negotiations would occur among them and under what conditions? What effect would their final agreement have on science and society? These questions have been central to the philosophy of science for the last two decades. In this book, Husain Sarkar proposes answers to them by building on classical solutions - the skeptical view, two versions of the subjectivist view, the objectivist view, and the view of Hilary Putnam.

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