Boyer-Kassem, Thomas and Imbert, Cyrille (2018) Explaining Scientific Collaboration: a General Functional Account. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
For two centuries, collaborative research has become increasingly widespread. Various explanations of this trend have been proposed. Here, we offer a novel functional explanation of it. It differs from ac- counts like that of Wray (2002) by the precise socio-epistemic mech- anism that grounds the beneficialness of collaboration. Boyer-Kassem and Imbert (2015) show how minor differences in the step-efficiency of collaborative groups can make them much more successful in particular configurations. We investigate this model further, derive robust social patterns concerning the general successfulness of collaborative groups, and argue that these patterns can be used to defend a general functional account.
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| Keywords: | Scientific Collaboration, Explanation, Priority Rule, Formal philosophy of science, Models, Simulations, Wray | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Computer Science General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Depositing User: | Cyrille Imbert | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2018 15:20 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2018 15:20 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 15171 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Complex Systems Specific Sciences > Computer Science General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Date: | October 2018 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15171 |
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