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Group Rationality in Scientific Research - Softcover

Sarkar, Husain

 
9780521317986: Group Rationality in Scientific Research
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521317983 ISBN 13: 9780521317986
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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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Book Description

Under what conditions is a group of scientists rational? How would rational scientists collectively agree to make their group more effective? 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.

About the Author

Husain Sarkar is professor of philosophy at Louisiana State University. A recipient of LSU's Distinguished Faculty Research Award, he is the author of Descartes' Cogito: Saved from the Great Shipwreck.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521317983
ISBN 13 
9780521317986
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
302