Dellsén, Finnur (2026) Hurried Science and the Tracking Problem. [Preprint]
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In times of crisis, science tends to move fast. However, speeding up science often involves deliberate compromises to the scientific norms that are meant to guarantee the reliability of scientific results in normal circumstances. Call this hurried science. Some of the compromises involved in hurried science can be kept track of and later revisited—say, by conducting a new study with larger sample sizes and proper randomization. However, I argue that hurried science may also involve untracked compromises to reliability-enhancing scientific norms, in which the negative epistemic effects of speeding up scientific research are not properly noticed or understood. I further argue that these are considerably more worrying for the overall reliability of scientific research, insofar as they are liable to lead both scientists and the general public to overestimate the trustworthiness of scientific results.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Inquiry | ||||||
| Keywords: | fast science; underconsideration; scientific critique; urgent science; hurried science; the tracking problem | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Finnur Dellsén | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2026 13:59 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2026 13:59 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 30114 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 2026 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30114 |
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