Group rationality in scientific research /

Group rationality in scientific research /

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Author / Creator:	Sarkar, Husain.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 284 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Science -- Philosophy. Reasoning. Group decision making. Group problem solving. Research -- Psychological aspects. Group decision making. Group problem solving. Reasoning. Research -- Psychological aspects. Science -- Philosophy. Science. Decision Making.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830496

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ISBN:	9780511279218 0511279213 9780511277443 051127744X 0511278616 9780511278617 9780521871136 0521871131
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Under what conditions is a group of scientists rational? How would rational scientists collectively agree to make their group more effective? What sorts of negotiations would occur among them and under what conditions? What effect would their final agreement have on science and society? These questions have been central to the philosophy of science for the last two decades. In this 2007 book, Husain Sarkar proposes answers to them by building on classical solutions - the skeptical view, two versions of the subjectivist view, the objectivist view, and the view of Hilary Putnam. Although he finds these solutions not completely adequate, Sarkar retrieves what is of value from them and also expropriates the arguments of John Rawls and Amartya Sen, in order to weave a richer, deeper, and more developed theory of group rationality.
Other form:	Print version: Sarkar, Husain. Group rationality in scientific research. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521871136

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 284 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and indexes.
ISBN:	9780511279218 0511279213 9780511277443 051127744X 0511278616 9780511278617 9780521871136 0521871131