Keyser, Vadim (2016) Effects and Artifacts: Robustness Analysis and the Production Process. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Scientists often use multiple independent methods of identification to distinguish reliable results from those produced in error (artifacts). This process is referred to as ‘robustness analysis’. I argue that even though robustness analysis is useful for differentiating natural phenomena from artifacts, it fails to differentiate experimentally produced effects from artifacts. I argue that to bypass this problem, we can re-frame the role of robustness analysis to focus on cross-comparison between methods of production. Focusing on the production relation provides information about how changes in conditions alter given effects, without first having to make a distinction between effect and artifact.
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Keywords: | robustness analysis, measurement, artifacts, effects, Hacking | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Vadim Keyser | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2016 13:12 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2016 13:12 | ||||||
Item ID: | 12558 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Date: | 3 November 2016 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12558 |
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