'Scientific Collaboration: Do Two Heads Need to Be More Than Twice Better Than One?'
| Autor: | Cyrille Imbert, Thomas Boyer-Kassem |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré (LHSP), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 (STL), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré ( LHSP ), Université de Lorraine ( UL ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 ( STL ), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Tilburg Center for Logic, Ethics and Philosophy of Science |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Structure (mathematical logic)
History Philosophy of science scientific collaboration Social epistemology [SHS.PHIL]Humanities and Social Sciences/Philosophy modeling Epistemology simulation Philosophy [ SHS.PHIL ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Philosophy History and Philosophy of Science philosophy of science Sociology explanation |
| Zdroj: | Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Science, University of Chicago Press, 2015, 82 (4), pp.667-688. ⟨10.1086/682940⟩ Philosophy of Science, 2015, 82 (4), pp.667-688. ⟨10.1086/682940⟩ Philosophy of Science, University of Chicago Press, 2015, 82 (4), pp.667-688. 〈10.1086/682940〉 Philosophy of science: Official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association, 82(4), 667-688. University of Chicago |
| ISSN: | 0031-8248 1539-767X |
| Popis: | International audience; Epistemic accounts of scientific collaboration usually assume that, one way or another, two heads really are more than twice better than one. We show that this hypothesis is unduly strong.We present a deliberately crudemodel with unfavorable hypotheses.We show that, even then, when the priority rule is applied, large differences in successfulness can emerge from small differences in efficiency, with sometimes increasing marginal returns. We emphasize that success is sensitive to the structure of competing communities. Our results suggest that purely epistemic explanations of the efficiency of collaborations are less plausible but have much more powerful socioepistemic versions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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