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Zusatztext [T]he volume exemplifies the kind of careful work which manages to simultaneously be rigorous and philosophically interesting. ... the editors are to be commended for collecting a highly focused, original, and engaging volume. All of the essays address the topic in distinctive ways, and I would be hard pressed to pick any as especially stronger than the others. Philosophers of science and social epistemologists will find this collection highly rewarding. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Boyer-Kassem is an AXA post-doctoral research fellow at TiLPS, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He holds a PhD in philosophy (Paris 1, 2011) and a Master in physics (ÉNS de Cachan, 2006). He has published articles in philosophy of science, social epistemology, and decision theory, in particular on scientific collaboration and publication strategies. Conor Mayo-Wilson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. His primary interests are in epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and logic. Michael Weisberg is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the Univeristy of Pennsylvania, where he co-directs the Penn Laboratory for Understanding Science. Klappentext Current scientific research almost always requires collaboration among several (if not several hundred) specialized researchers. When scientists co-author a journal article, who deserves credit for discoveries or blame for errors? How should scientific institutions promote fruitful collaborations among scientists? In this book, leading philosophers of science address these critical questions. Zusammenfassung Current scientific research almost always requires collaboration among several (if not several hundred) specialized researchers. When scientists co-author a journal article, who deserves credit for discoveries or blame for errors? How should scientific institutions promote fruitful collaborations among scientists? In this book, leading philosophers of science address these critical questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Sharing knowledge 1. Scientific Sharing: Communism and the Social Contract Michael Strevens 2. Publish Late, Publish Rarely! Network Density and Group Performance in Scientific Communication Staffan Angere and Erik J. Olsson Part II: Forming collaborations 1. Learning to collaborate Kevin Zollman 2. Diversity, Rationality and the Division of Cognitive Labor Ryan Muldoon Part III: Authorship and refereeing in collaborative research 1. Making an Author in Radically Collaborative Research Bryce Huebner, Rebecca Kukla and Eric Winsberg 2. The Impact of Collaboration on the Epistemic Cultures of Science K. Brad Wray 3. Power, Bargaining, and Collaboration Justin Bruner and Cailin O'Connor Part IV: From individual to collection opinion 1. A Clustering-Based Approach to Collective Beliefs Denis Bonnay 2. Opinion Aggregation and Individual Expertise Carlo Martini and Jan Sprenger ...
