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List of contents
Introduction: Core Issues on Scientific Imperialism. Uskali Mäki, Adrian Walsh, and Manuela Fernández Pinto
Part I. A Philosophical Framing for Scientific Imperialism
1. Scientific Imperialism, Folk Morality and the Proper Boundaries of Disciplines. Adrian Walsh and Sandy Boucher
2. Disciplinary Emotions in Interdisciplinary Interaction. Mikko Salmela and Uskali Mäki
3. Scientific Imperialism and Epistemic Injustice. Kristina Rolin
4. Ethical Implications of Scientific Imperialism: Two Examples from Economics. Patricia Marino
Part II. Historical Origins of Scientific Imperialism
5. Scientific Imperialism or Merely Boundary Crossing? Economists, Lawyers, and the Coase Theorem at the Dawn of the Economic Analysis of Law. Steven Medema
6. Rational Choice as Neo-Decisionism: Decision-Making in Political Science and Economics after 1945. Nicolas Guilhot and Alain Marciano
7. Economics Imperialism Reconsidered. Sonja Amadae
8. Crossing Boundaries, Displacing Previous Knowledge and Claiming Superiority: Is The Economics of Discrimination a Conquest of Economics Imperialism? Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche
Part III. Scientific Imperialism in the Making: Case Analyses
9. Scientific Subordination, Molecular Biology and Systems Biology. Miles MacLeod
10. Against Neuroscience Imperialism. Roberto Fumagalli
11. Scientific Imperialism and Explanatory Appeals to Evolution in the Social Sciences. Steve Downes
12. Logical Form, the First Person, and Naturalism about Psychology: The Case against Physicalist Imperialism. Frederique Janssen-Lauret
13. Is the Behavioral Approach a Form of Scientific Imperialism? An Analysis of Law and Policy. Magdalena Małecka and Robert Lepenies
14. Imperializing Epistemology: Shortcomings of the Naturalistic Turn in Philosophy of Science. Manuela Fernández Pinto
15. Imperialism and Its Discontents: Competing Cultures of Evidence in the Discovery of Dark Energy. Genco Guralp
About the author
Uskali Mäki is an Academy Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland and Director of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Adrian Walsh is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England, Australia
Manuela Fernández Pinto is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Summary
Scientific Imperialism examines interdisciplinary relations emerging from the incursion of one scientific discipline into one or more other disciplines. The contributors also explore ways of distinguishing imperialistic from non-imperialistic interactions between disciplines and research fields.
