How should we promote transient diversity in science?
Diversity of practice is widely recognized as crucial to scientific progress. If all scientists perform the same tests in their research, they might miss important insights that other tests would yield. If all scientists adhere to the same theories, they might fail to explore other options which, in...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 201; no. 2; pp. 1 - 34 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=161428573&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 161428573 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00397857 4LI jtl: Synthese issn: 00397857 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2023 vid: 201 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 161428573 10.1007/s11229-023-04037-1 ppf: 1 ppct: 33 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 446KB tig: atl: How should we promote transient diversity in science? aug: au: Wu, Jingyi O’Connor, Cailin affil: Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA sug: keyword: Cognitive diversity Epistemic diversity Network modeling Social epistemology Transient diversity ab: Diversity of practice is widely recognized as crucial to scientific progress. If all scientists perform the same tests in their research, they might miss important insights that other tests would yield. If all scientists adhere to the same theories, they might fail to explore other options which, in turn, might be superior. But the mechanisms that lead to this sort of diversity can also generate epistemic harms when scientific communities fail to reach swift consensus on successful theories. In this paper, we draw on extant literature using network models to investigate diversity in science. We evaluate different mechanisms from the modeling literature that can promote transient diversity of practice, keeping in mind ethical and practical constraints posed by real epistemic communities. We ask: what are the best ways to promote an appropriate amount of diversity of practice in scientific communities? pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Synthese is a copyright of Springer, 2023. All Rights Reserved. item: Synthese holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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